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Personal info

Full name
BROOKINGS, Lawrence Edward Jr
Date of birth
30 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Monticello, Drew County, Arkansas
Hometown
Monticello, Drew County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
18249307
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
9 miles west of Hamminkeln, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 3 9

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence E. Brookings Sr. (father)
Esther I. (Powell) Brookings (mother)
Hazel B. Brookings (sister)
Herschel H. Brookings (brother)
Virginia E. Brookings (sister)

More information

Pvt Lawrence E. Brookings Jr. was aboard a C-46, that was scheduled to drop his passengers onto Drop Zone X. However, smoke on the ground caused the unit to be dropped 1.5 miles north of the drop zone between two railway lines east of the Diersfordt Forest and west of Hamminkeln.

He is remembered at the Oakland Cemetery in Monticello, Arkansas.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / R L Case Family Tree, 17th Airborne Division Historical Report of Operation Varsity, Book: The Last Drop, Operation Varsity 24-25 March 1945 by Stephen L. Wright, www.nara.gov, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/513/513_honor.html

Photo source: Tom Verheijden, Hannah Majewski - Randy Case