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ANDRE MAURICE BROOKS
Private · U.S. Army
October 31, 1947 – May 8, 1968
Service recordAndre Maurice Brooks, of Nyack, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Nyack, New York (Rockland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 35
- SAMUEL PORTER BEAUFORDPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM BEZECNYSergeant · May 8, 1968
- ECKHARD GERHARD BRENKERCorporal · May 8, 1968
- JOE CARRILLO JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL PORTER BEAUFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 35
- DAVID STEARNS EASTONSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 2
- FREDERICK JARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 4
- THOMAS JACK LANSDENPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 5
- VICTOR LEE LAYNESpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 6
- JAMES DEAN ROYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 9
From Nyack
- ANDREW JAMES DANIELCorporal · February 2, 1968
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.