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Personal info

Full name
BROOKS, Travis Austin
Date of birth
26 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Hughes County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Idabel, McCurtain County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
39420459
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 2 13

Immediate family

Members
John H. Brooks (father)
Maude S. (Clemens) Brooks (mother)
Thomas F. Brooks (brother)
Paul D. Brooks (brother)
Tom F. Brooks (brother)
Teddy Brooks (brother)
Lela J. Brooks (sister)
Noel D. Brooks (brother)
Crestina Brooks (sister)
Mary E. Brooks (sister)
Susan V. Brooks (sister)
Lola M. (Royster) Brooks (wife)
Howard L. Brooks (son)
Billy D. Brooks (son)

More information

Pfc Travis A. Brooks was mechanic and repairman before he enlisted in Sacramento, California on 22 November 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Brooks Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton / Silvano Theunissen, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Gasman