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RICHARD BELTON BROCKMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
February 11, 1939 – January 17, 1967
Service recordRichard Belton Brockman, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1939
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 42
- JEROME VINCENT ZERFASSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- BILLY DEAN BRIGMANPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- WILLIAM KEITH COGDELLCaptain · January 17, 1967
- DAVID ARTHUR COOPERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- MARCUS SHARPE TURNER JRCaptain · February 14, 1967
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.