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CHARLES ALLEN BROOKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1949 – June 14, 1970
Service recordCharles Allen Brooks, of Wyoming, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 52
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 52
- GARY LYNN GRIMESLance Corporal · June 13, 1970
- ASCENSION ROSALES PEREZGunnery Sergeant · June 13, 1970
- DONNIE RAY SIZEMOREPrivate First Class · June 13, 1970
- JAMES PAUL YOUNGStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CECIL ROGER CLAYTONSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 53
- JIMMY CARLUS MONTANASpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 54
- MICHAEL LEE WRIGHTSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 55
From Wyoming
- ROBIN LEE CHILVEREPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WESSELSAirman Apprentice · July 29, 1967
- MICHAEL J SEADORFSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT FRANKLIN NITZPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- FREDERICK LYLE KRUGERLance Corporal · March 19, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT PECKHAMLance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- MARK KELLOGG HAGECorporal · August 5, 1968
- BRUCE CAMERON PALMERWarrant Officer 1 · August 27, 1968
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HOOGTERPPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN BODELLWarrant Officer 1 · February 19, 1969
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.