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STEVEN RANDALL BROOKS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 3, 1950 – September 13, 1968
Service recordSteven Randall Brooks, of Lafayette, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 45
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Indiana (Tippecanoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; ten 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 44W, Line 45
- RAYMOND BEAMPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- STEVEN LEE BECKFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1968
- FRED ARTHUR BELCHERPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH BENZSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
From Lafayette
- ROBERT LEE MANNCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JAMES DARRYL BASHAMPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN KNOCHELLieutenant · September 22, 1966
- ROBERT JOE HARDESTYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- DAVID LEROY HOWARDPrivate First Class · September 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT JENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD NERINIPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- RANDELL HOOD LOYSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- DOYLE EUGENE SALLEECorporal · November 12, 1968
- DENNIS WRAY CRIPELance Corporal · February 20, 1969
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.