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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James Albert Brock.

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JAMES ALBERT BROCK

Corporal · U.S. Army

July 30, 1948 – April 5, 1969

Service record

James Albert Brock, of Kingston, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 27W · Line 15

Position of Panel 27W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
4 INF DIV
Born
July 30, 1948
Home of record
Kingston, Georgia (Bartow County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 5, 1969
Age
20
Province
Kontum
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 27W, Line 15

Same unit, same day

From Kingston

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.