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CARL RAYMOND BROOKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 26, 1923 – January 2, 1966
Service recordCarl Raymond Brooks, of Earlington, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 49
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Artillery Communications Chief (31H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 26, 1923
- Home of record
- Earlington, Kentucky (Hopkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1966
- Age
- 42
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 49
- WALLACE EDWIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1966
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- JACK DENTON BIXBYPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
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.