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JOHN WESLEY BROOKS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1950 – October 13, 1969
Service recordJohn Wesley Brooks, of Holmes, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 72
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- January 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Holmes, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 72
- MICHAEL DEAN TERRYPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
- JOHN DOMINICK ARQUILLOSergeant · October 13, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS BAKERCorporal · October 13, 1969
- CHARLES B CAREYSergeant · October 13, 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.