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JOHN NELSON BROCKMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1947 – February 12, 1968
Service recordJohn Nelson Brockman, of Monroe, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 2
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
- July 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Monroe, Oregon (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường 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 39E, Line 2
- WILLIAM JOHN BLOCKPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- HARRY WILLIS BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1968
- CRAIG HAROLD BUELLSpecialist Five · February 12, 1968
- BERTRAM ARNOLD BUNTINGMajor · February 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE JOE HOFFMANSpecialist Five · Panel 39E, Line 5
- DENNIS DALE NAGELKIRKPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 9
- JOHN MICHAEL RUPERTSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 12
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.