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JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 5, 1945 – May 21, 1966
Service recordJames Francis Brooks JR, of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Mckeesport, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 89
- WILFORD PAUL COLLERSergeant · May 20, 1966
- DAVID LYNN CROWSpecialist Four · May 20, 1966
- JACK ELROY GARDNERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- DANIEL KNARIANLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- AUSTIN LEON DRUMMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 88
- ROBERT LEE BENJAMINPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 92
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 92
- CLARENCE RAY BRAMEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 93
- LOUIS BUCKLEY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 7E, Line 94
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 94
- CHARLES A GAINESSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 95
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 96
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 97
- DANIEL GIBSON POSTSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 98
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 99
- A V SPIKESSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 99
- JOEL TAMAYOPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 99
- WADE TASTEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 99
- LONNIE CLIFFORD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 100
From Mckeesport
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- TYRONE GREGORY BURSEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES SWEENEYLance Corporal · February 26, 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.