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JAMES LLOYD BROOKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1948 – November 21, 1968
Service recordJames Lloyd Brooks, of Chatham, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Chatham, Virginia (Pittsylvania County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 24
- HARRY LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD BUSHPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- HERBERT RAY CURTISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- JOHN PERRY DEIHLSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSE LEWIS ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 22
- GERARD JAMES BLUME JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 23
- HERBERT RAY CURTISSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 24
- JOSEPH RONALD FRANKSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 25
- ARNOLD LEE ROY MULHOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 28
- ANTHONY FELIX WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 38W, Line 31
- DONALD RAY WENTZPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 32
From Chatham
- FRANK RAY COMPTONLieutenant · March 21, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD BLAIRColonel · March 19, 1968
- ROBERT DUVAL OWENSergeant First Class · May 23, 1968
- DAVID DANIEL LAYNESpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- FRANCIS MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
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.