The Wall › Panel 1E › Missouri › Verndean Arthur Brockman
VERNDEAN ARTHUR BROCKMAN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 9, 1932 – November 16, 1963
Service recordVerndean Arthur Brockman, of Sedalia, Missouri, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 34
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 9, 1932
- Home of record
- Sedalia, Missouri (Pettis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1963
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1963. In November 1963, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 34
- WILLIAM JOSEPH EVERHARTSergeant First Class · November 8, 1963
- JAMES DALTON PARKERSpecialist Five · November 18, 1963
- ATIS KARLIS LIELMANISFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1963
- KENNETH M RORABACKMaster Sergeant · November 24, 1963
From Sedalia
- JAMES RICHARD BROWNPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- HERMAN JOHN VOLLMERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · November 3, 1967
- ANTHONY EUGENE BUCKNERPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- JAMES LLOYD SIRONPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- BOBBIE LEE DITZFELDSergeant · January 24, 1968
- JULIUS CLYDE FAIRCLOTHSergeant · October 15, 1968
- MIKE DUANE GEARHEARTSpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- JAMES MILTON DALESpecialist Five · November 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.