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VERNON GLEN HOLBROOK
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 15, 1938 – November 10, 1969
Service recordVernon Glen Holbrook, of Piedmont, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 53
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 15, 1938
- Home of record
- Piedmont, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 53
- SCOTT WARREN IGGULDENCorporal · November 10, 1969
- FRANK JOHN LILLEYSergeant · November 10, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH MCMORROWLance Corporal · November 10, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST OWENSPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LOUIS BARIGLIOSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 51
- PAUL BURNELL WOOLFORDSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 55
From Piedmont
- MARVIN KENNY PENLANDPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- JACK RAY LOCKRIDGESergeant · January 31, 1968
- JOSEPH HILLMAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE LEDBETTERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- JEAN WAYNE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- LEAGRANT BADGETTStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1971
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.