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CHARLES EDWARD BROOKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 25, 1945 – February 23, 1966
Service recordCharles Edward Brooks, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 63
- DAVID WAYNE UTLEYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ORLANDO ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WARREN DUCKETTPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 64
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.