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JERRY EDWARD BROOKS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 4, 1946 – February 1, 1967
Service recordJerry Edward Brooks, of Deerfield, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 103
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
- May 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Deerfield, Ohio (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 103
- AUGUST CHIASERA JRSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- WALTER RALPH DALEYFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1967
- DAVID JOSEPH FRISCHMANNLance Corporal · February 1, 1967
- JAMES D HENDERSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1967
From Deerfield
- WILLIAM V FREDERICKLieutenant Colonel · May 25, 1965
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.