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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Francis Brooks.

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WILLIAM FRANCIS BROOKS

Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps

March 26, 1951 – March 17, 1970

Service record

William Francis Brooks, of Hadlyme, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 12W · Line 12

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Rifleman (0311)
Born
March 26, 1951
Home of record
Hadlyme, Connecticut (New London County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 17, 1970
Age
18
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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22 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 12W, Line 12

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.