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LEE MURRAY BROOKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1946 – December 24, 1968
Service recordLee Murray Brooks, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 71
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 71
- JAMES ALBERT TUELLERSergeant · December 23, 1968
- JAMES U WILLIAMS IIIPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- DENNIS ALLEN BORLANDCorporal · December 24, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD BROWNLEEColonel · December 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ROY DEVORESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 72
- JAMES D OZBUNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 36W, Line 73
- ROGER ALAN ROSSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36W, Line 74
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 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.