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GREGORY PAUL BROOKS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 16, 1947 – October 5, 1968
Service recordGregory Paul Brooks, of Miami, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 10
- LAWRENCE LOUIS BONACCIPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- CURTIS EUGENE BOOTSSergeant · October 5, 1968
- HENRY ELLIS CARMICHAEL JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- KENNETH JOHN NERVIEFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ROBERT AJSTERCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 9
- KENNETH JOHN NERVIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41W, Line 10
- JOHN PATRICK OHARASpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 11
- EDWARD BRUCE SPEARSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 16
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.