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THOMAS DEAN BROCK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 28, 1947 – September 23, 1968
Service recordThomas Dean Brock, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 67
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 43W, Line 67
- THURMAN HORACE SMITHPrivate · September 22, 1968
- MODESTO VALDEZPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE VANMATERSergeant · September 22, 1968
- KARL ROY BIESERPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY CARTERSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 68
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
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.