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LEON RAY BROOKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 26, 1948 – December 17, 1968
Service recordLeon Ray Brooks, of Mcdonough, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 32
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Mcdonough, Georgia (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 32
- JOHN DESMOND STUART JRSeaman · December 16, 1968
- JOHN ALEXANDER BLANCO JRFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- BRADLEY JOHN BOURQUEPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
- JESSE JOHN BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1968
From Mcdonough
- EDWARD LAMAR MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT BOGARTSergeant · November 13, 1968
- EDDIE CLAUDE KIMBLESergeant · November 16, 1968
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.