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AMBROSE H BROOKS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 27, 1934 – September 8, 1969
Service recordAmbrose H Brooks JR, of Oxford, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 27, 1934
- Home of record
- Oxford, North Carolina (Granville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 58
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BROULLONMajor · September 8, 1969
- EDWARD LEE DAVISSpecialist Four · September 8, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD GUYCorporal · September 8, 1969
- ENOCH HAMPTONSpecialist Four · September 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT NEAL STANTONSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 60
From Oxford
- JESSE L BRANDONSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
- LEON THORNTONSergeant · May 18, 1967
- HUBERT ROYSTER JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- NORMAN EARL ROSE IIICorporal · February 7, 1968
- LONEY EVANS JRCorporal · October 5, 1968
- MELVIN GREEN JRSergeant First Class · May 12, 1969
- WILLIAM GARY NELMS JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- EUGENE PAUL GEEStaff Sergeant · April 5, 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.