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JAMES FOSTER BROOKS
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
January 8, 1946 – August 15, 1967
Service recordJames Foster Brooks, of Kellyton, Alabama, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 112
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Kellyton, Alabama (Coosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 112
- CLARENCE RAY ANGUSPrivate · August 15, 1967
- DAVID ALLAN BUJALSKICaptain · August 15, 1967
- JAMES LEE COACHMAN JRStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1967
- CLIFFORD KENT COONSHospitalman · August 15, 1967
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.