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ROY MAURICE BROOKS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1929 – July 22, 1966
Service recordRoy Maurice Brooks, of Rogersville, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 22, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 55
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 4, 1929
- Home of record
- Rogersville, Tennessee (Hawkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1966; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 55
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- JAMES WALTER BETHELStaff Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- WALTER STONEMAN BROWNLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- EDWARD WAYNE BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
From Rogersville
- GALE VERNON CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · May 11, 1966
- DAVID PAUL SPEARSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- THOMAS D BERNARDPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- JAMES PAUL RICHARDSSergeant · February 26, 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.