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DONALD RAY BROOKS
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 30, 1931 – October 10, 1968
Service recordDonald Ray Brooks, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 10, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 38
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 30, 1931
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 38
- GREGORY WILLIAM STEWARTCorporal · October 9, 1968
- PHILIP JEFFREY TAFTPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- RONNIE BLAIRSergeant · October 10, 1968
- MILARD LUTHER E BLEDSOEStaff Sergeant · October 10, 1968
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 1968
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.