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JAMES WALTER BROCK III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1946 – November 4, 1967
Service recordJames Walter Brock III, of Cullman, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 4, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 18
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Cullman, Alabama (Cullman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 18
- GREGORY ALTON WATSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 3, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- JIMMY RAY BAGGARLYPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- ALBERT RUSSELL MOLNARSpecialist Four · November 4, 1967
From Cullman
- ROBERT BRANCH GLOVERSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JIMMY EARL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS CRUITTPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- RONALD DAVID LOVELADYCorporal · May 1, 1968
- WILLIAM OTTO SCHMALEMajor · August 23, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD DUCKWORTHSergeant · August 31, 1970
- DWAING USRY MCGIFFSergeant First Class · September 7, 1970
- RONALD HUGH HALLStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1971
- TERRY GUS KUGLERSergeant · November 28, 1971
- NEIL WADE JONESSpecialist Four · December 31, 1971
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.