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DAVID LEE BROOKS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1950 – May 24, 1972
Service recordDavid Lee Brooks JR, of East Canton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1972, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 6, 1950
- Home of record
- East Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1972; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 30
- JOHN ROBERT HENN JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 24, 1972
- ISAAC YOSHIRO HOSAKAChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 24, 1972
- DAN CHRISTIE KINGMAN JRMajor · May 24, 1972
- BRUCE EUGENE KLINEFirst Lieutenant · May 24, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR BAREFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 1W, Line 29
- DAVID ALAN BAUSCHSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 29
- DAN CHRISTIE KINGMAN JRMajor · Panel 1W, Line 30
- BRUCE EUGENE KLINEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1W, Line 30
- TIMOTHY JAMES MONKELBAANSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 31
- FRANK ALLEN NEWMANSpecialist Six · Panel 1W, Line 31
- HARRY LINDSAY THAINCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 31
- CHARLES WILLIAM GACHESSpecialist Five · Panel 1W, Line 74
From East Canton
- HAROLD J VIERHELLER JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
- JOSEPH PAUL SOULEAirman First Class · March 28, 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.