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Personal info

Full name
BROOKS, David Wirsching
Date of birth
1913
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Connecticut
Hometown
Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31416861
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Near Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 75

Immediate family

Members
Merrill D. Brooks (father)
Anna J. (Wirsching) Brooks (mother)
Bessie W. Brooks (sister)
Theove I. Brooks (sister)
Randolph F. Brooks (brother)
Alice G. Brooks (sister)
Merrill Brooks (brother)
Esther L. (Packard) Brooks (wife)

More information

Pvt David W. Brooks attended Massachusetts State College and was employed by Smith & Wesson.

He enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 4 January 1944 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Springfield Daily Republican - 25 February 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten