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RICHARD WILLIAM BROOKS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1947 – September 4, 1968
Service recordRichard William Brooks, of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- November 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Lunenburg, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 36
- JAMES EDWARD BOWDENSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- ROBERT JAN COBBPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- WOLF-DIETER DIETZSpecialist Five · September 4, 1968
- ROBERTO ESCOBEDOPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
From Lunenburg
- GLEN DAVID HUBBARDSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT FRANKLIN MERRILLSergeant · April 12, 1970
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.