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FRANKLIN EUGENE BROOKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 28, 1945 – December 10, 1966
Service recordFranklin Eugene Brooks, of Napton, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Napton, Missouri (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 26
- WILLIAM YOUNGPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY BATORLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- JOSEPH CLEMONSGunnery Sergeant · December 10, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE CROUSONPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
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.