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CHARLES EDWARD BROOKS
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
June 9, 1940 – March 8, 1970
Service recordCharles Edward Brooks, of Athens, Texas, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 8, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 95
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radarman (RD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- June 9, 1940
- Home of record
- Athens, Texas (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 95
- THOMAS JAMES WHITLOW JRCorporal · March 7, 1970
- DONALD RAY WISHONCorporal · March 7, 1970
- THOMAS LOUIS BUDDIFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
- MACK C BUSTLE JRSpecialist Four · March 8, 1970
From Athens
- KEITH WESLEY ALLENPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- EDWARD MERLE JACKSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- GARY WAYNE EVERETTPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- THOMAS STOKES POWELLCaptain · April 19, 1972
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.