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MAURICE BROOKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1945 – November 17, 1967
Service recordMaurice Brooks, of Mexia, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 10
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Mexia, Texas (Limestone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 10
- JOHN THOMAS KOZIOLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1967
- GUADALUPE MARTINEZSergeant First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM E MCDONALDMajor · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM DARRELL MCGRATHCaptain · November 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS KOZIOLSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 10
From Mexia
- JAMES ARTHUR LEVINGSTONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
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.