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STEVEN KARL BROOKS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 28, 1948 – July 7, 1969
Service recordSteven Karl Brooks, of Dade City, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 74
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Dade City, Florida (Pasco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 74
- BRUCE EDWARD COLEYSergeant · July 7, 1969
- HAROLD ANTHONY COXSergeant · July 7, 1969
- RONNIE LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
- LEONARD GEORGE GREVILLEPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 74
- JAMES LOYD OHARASergeant · Panel 21W, Line 77
From Dade City
- DONNIE MONROE STOKESSergeant · December 3, 1968
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.