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WILLIE LEWIS BROOKS
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 21, 1942 – December 18, 1966
Service recordWillie Lewis Brooks, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 57
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Commissaryman (CS)
- Born
- January 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 57
- REGINALD MICHAEL THOMASPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JACK LEROY WILBURSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- DARRELL WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- THURMAN ADAIRStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1966
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.