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JAMES BARRETT BROCK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 22, 1946 – March 31, 1968
Service recordJames Barrett Brock, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 19
- ABRA JOSEPH WOLFE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1968
- EDUARDO ARANDA-SANTOSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
- LESLIE ARNOLD BALLSergeant · March 31, 1968
- FREEMAN BOLENSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PHILLIP MATLOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 23
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
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.