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THOMAS JOSEPH BROOKS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1947 – November 10, 1966
Service recordThomas Joseph Brooks, of Weirton, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 10, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 49
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
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- February 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Weirton, West Virginia (Brooke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 49
- CHARLES FREDERICK SWOPECaptain · November 9, 1966
- JOSEPH BACZALSKIPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- SYLVAN KEITH BRADLEYCaptain · November 10, 1966
- ALFRED CARMICHAEL JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
From Weirton
- JOHN DAVID OLENICKSergeant · May 23, 1969
- PAUL LOUIS SALERNOPrivate First Class · July 17, 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.