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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jackie Ray Brooks.

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JACKIE RAY BROOKS

Private First Class · U.S. Army

May 16, 1945 – September 22, 1970

Service record

Jackie Ray Brooks, of Cheshire, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 7W · Line 83

Position of Panel 7W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
Unit (as recorded)
1 AVN BDE
Born
May 16, 1945
Home of record
Cheshire, Oregon (Lane County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 22, 1970
Age
25
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 7W, Line 83

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.