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DAVID WILLIAM BROOKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1945 – November 7, 1968
Service recordDavid William Brooks, of Montvale, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 32
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)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Montvale, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 32
- RANDELL L DOCKSTADERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1968
- PHILIP DOMINIC K ENGLISHPetty Officer Third Class · November 7, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN EVANSSecond Lieutenant · November 7, 1968
- PHILLIP FELIX KAPLON JRCorporal · November 7, 1968
From Montvale
- GEORGE MICHAEL SMYRYCHYNSKICorporal · October 13, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALLPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- PAUL EVERETTE PAQUIN JRSergeant · June 27, 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.