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Personal info

Full name
BROOKS, Howard Pearce
Date of birth
16 October 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Palestine, Anderson County, Texas
Hometown
Palestine, Anderson County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O1302591
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
12 October 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 52

Immediate family

Members
Alfred A. Brooks (father)
Rebecca Brooks (mother)
William A. Brooks (brother)
Elizabeth L. Brooks (sister)

More information

1st Lt Howard P. Brooks attended high school for four years and was a stenographer before he joined the Regular Army in Houston Texas on 9 July 1941.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action in connection with military operations against the enemy on 2 October 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Texas Birth Index / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Delphine Richter Thomas