Harry Giles Brock
Petty Officer Third Class
PCF-77, PCFDIV 102, TF 115, USNAVFORV
United States Navy
Odessa, Texas
July 29, 1945 to November 15, 1966
HARRY G BROCK is on the Wall at Panel 12E, Line 72

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Combat Action Ribbon
 
Harry G Brock
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4 Feb 2003

REMEMBERED

by his comrades-in-arms.

From another Swift Boat sailor,
Terry Boone
mtboone@aol.com


 
25 Jul 2004

Harry Brock is remembered by the Permian Basin Vietnam Memorial located at Midland International Airport, Midland, Texas. He is also remembered by his community of Odessa, Texas with memorials at the courthouse and at the Ector County Cemetary. May his sacrifice not be forgotten.

From a Permian Basin Vietnam Memorial Representative,
Billy M. Brown
4015 Melody Lane, Odessa, Texas 79762
bmbrown@grandecom.net


 

Notes from The Virtual Wall

On 15 Nov 1966, PCF-77 was at sea with seven men aboard: As the boat was in the approaches to the mouth of the Hue River, reportedly searching for a crewman washed overboard from PCF-21 during a monsoon storm, it was overtaken by a 30' wave which flipped her bow-down, stern-up and sank her immediately. Three men who were below deck were trapped and lost at sea. The bodies of two men, Chief Petty Officer Baker and Petty Officer 3rd Class Brock, were recovered; Petty Officer 3rd Class Timmons' body was not.

Several days later, when divers attempted to locate the wreckage

"the largest piece they found was a piece of 'rolled aluminum' not more than 18 inches in length. The boat had been ripped apart by the sea, the sandy bottom and during the course of the storm had been torn and shredded into small, unrecognizable pieces. The recovered aluminum piece looked as it had been rolled up, like a newspaper, and then been polished silvery bright."
As recalled by Anthony R. Taylor, LTJG, OinC PCF-16

Summarized from the
Swift Boat site
and
LTJG Taylor's account


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