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JOHN HENRY RALPH BROOKS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 8, 1949 – May 13, 1969
Service recordJohn Henry Ralph Brooks, of Bryant Pond, Maine, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 13, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 95
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Bryant Pond, Maine (Oxford County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 13, 1969
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 95
- JERRY CHARLES BOCKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- KILBERN DEAN BOUDRAPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- OSCAR DAN BOYDSTONSergeant · May 13, 1969
- JERRY TYRUS LEEFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE CARLTON BESSORCaptain · Panel 25W, Line 94
- PAUL EDWARD GOONAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 100
- JEFFREY CHARLES STOWEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 111
- KENNETH EUGENE WITMERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 114
From Bryant Pond
- NEIL HOWARD MACKILLOPSpecialist Four · February 1, 1969
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.