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JOHN WOODRUFF BROOKS
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 28, 1943 – November 8, 1967
Service recordJohn Woodruff Brooks, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 8, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 47
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 47
- BRUCE RAYMOND BAXTERMaster Sergeant · November 8, 1967
- ALPHA LEE BUFORDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CALLAHANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT CAUTHERNCorporal · November 8, 1967
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.