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ROBERT EVERETT BROOKS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1947 – April 19, 1967
Service recordRobert Everett Brooks, of Whitman, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 47
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- April 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Whitman, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 47
- HAROLD JAMES ANABLESeaman Recruit · April 19, 1967
- WILLIAM WAYNE BISHOPSpecialist Five · April 19, 1967
- DENNIS OPAL BOLTONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- SAMMY BRYAN BRUCEMaster Sergeant · April 19, 1967
From Whitman
- JAMES GREGORY CONDON IIISpecialist Five · June 21, 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.