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JAMES HARRISON BROOKS JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 30, 1940 – April 25, 1970
Service recordJames Harrison Brooks JR, of Itmann, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Itmann, West Virginia (Wyoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 48
- NORMAN DALE ADKINSPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
- RODNEY KEITH ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1970
- MICHAEL GEORGE BAZELSpecialist Four · April 25, 1970
- RONALD GREER CLINEPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY KEITH ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 48
- JAMES THADDEUS CONWAYSpecialist Six · Panel 11W, Line 49
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MAYBERRYSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 51
- WILLIAM RUSSELL MCKIBBENCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 51
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.