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AOM3 Calvin Lee Brooks
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AOM3 Calvin Lee Brooks

Birth
Ider, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA
Death
13 Nov 1944 (aged 20)
At Sea
Monument
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
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Tablets of the Missing - United States Navy
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USS Monterey (CVL-26) was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, in service during World War II and used in training for several years thereafter. Originally laid down as light cruiser Dayton (CL-78) on 29 December 1941 by New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey, the ship was reclassified CV-26 on 27 March 1942 and renamed Monterey four days later, launched on 28 February 1943.
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13 November 1944: Air Group 28
TBM Bureau number 45910: Pilot Ensign Louden, William #326481, AOM3c Brooks, C. L.
# 605-56-52 and ARM3c Stubblefield, H.E. #665-34-37 hit buy AA in engine and subsequently crashed and exploded in Manila Bay.

S/O Rosa Pearl (Bailey) & Hugh Wilson Brooks.
Service # 6055652
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class U.S. Navy
★ Purple Heart
BROOKS, CALVIN L AOM3C NAVY 06055652 USS MONTEREY (CVL-26); UNITED
STATES NAVY RESERVE 11/13/1944 NON RECOVERABLE PHILIPPINES

Source material from multiple public domain websites.

Contributor: Buffalo (50696055)

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Cenotaph linked here.

USS Monterey (CVL-26) was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, in service during World War II and used in training for several years thereafter. Originally laid down as light cruiser Dayton (CL-78) on 29 December 1941 by New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey, the ship was reclassified CV-26 on 27 March 1942 and renamed Monterey four days later, launched on 28 February 1943.
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13 November 1944: Air Group 28
TBM Bureau number 45910: Pilot Ensign Louden, William #326481, AOM3c Brooks, C. L.
# 605-56-52 and ARM3c Stubblefield, H.E. #665-34-37 hit buy AA in engine and subsequently crashed and exploded in Manila Bay.

S/O Rosa Pearl (Bailey) & Hugh Wilson Brooks.
Service # 6055652
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class U.S. Navy
★ Purple Heart
BROOKS, CALVIN L AOM3C NAVY 06055652 USS MONTEREY (CVL-26); UNITED
STATES NAVY RESERVE 11/13/1944 NON RECOVERABLE PHILIPPINES

Source material from multiple public domain websites.

Contributor: Buffalo (50696055)

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Cenotaph linked here.

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Entered the service from Alabama.

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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56774864/calvin_lee-brooks: accessed ), memorial page for AOM3 Calvin Lee Brooks (1 May 1924–13 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56774864, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).