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CHRISTOPHER EUGENE BROOKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 4, 1947 – July 3, 1966
Service recordChristopher Eugene Brooks, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 122
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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
- October 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Kings Mountain, North Carolina (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 122
- JAMES EDWARD VAUSESpecialist Four · July 2, 1966
- JAROLD A VEACHStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1966
- FRED B BECKERMANN JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS BROCKINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 123
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 123
- ROBERT PHILIP CATLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 123
- DANIEL LEE FIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 124
- EUREY LEE HATCHETTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 124
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 124
- JOE EDWARD JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 124
- HERBERT LAPPStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 125
- WILLIAM EWING LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 125
- RAYMOND LEE MCGARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 125
- ROBERT JOSEPH MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 125
- GILBERTO SOTO-GARCIAStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 125
- BERNARD GORDON WALINSKISergeant · Panel 8E, Line 126
- KENNETH LEE SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 127
- DAVID RONALD STONESergeant · Panel 8E, Line 127
- JASPER DEAN STURDIVANTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 127
- HAROLD B REEDSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 128
From Kings Mountain
- DUDLEY CARROLL HUGHES JRSeaman · December 23, 1967
- GREGORY WAYNE THOMASCorporal · May 21, 1968
- ROBERT LARRY DELLINGERSergeant · October 27, 1968
- CHARLIE MELVIN ELLISONPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLAN GRAHAMCorporal · October 7, 1970
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.