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JOHNNY OWEN BROOKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 22, 1949 – November 14, 1969
Service recordJohnny Owen Brooks, of Stockton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Born
- September 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Stockton, California
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Added to the Wall
- 2012
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 106
- PHILIP LAWRENCE JEWELLCorporal · November 21, 1969
- PETER JOSEPH LACEY IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 21, 1969
- WILLIAM FREDERICK LEASECorporal · November 21, 1969
- GRADY LEONARD LEWISStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1969
- JAMES MARSHALL MINCEYCorporal · November 21, 1969
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2012, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.