TRIGG T. BROOKS

Trigg T. Brooks

Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 02/05/1945

Trigg Thomas Brooks was born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama on October 31, 1920.

He enlisted in the National Guard in 1940. After his discharge from the National Guard he enlisted in
the Air Corps Branch of the Regular Army on June 13, 1941 at Camp Blanding, Florida. At the time
of his enlistment in the Air Corps his home of residence was listed as Choctaw County, Alabama
and his civilian occupation was listed as Surveyor. He had completed three years of High School
and was single with no dependents at the time of his enlistment. His religion was listed as Protestant.

He married Natalie LaRue on 10 July 1942 in New York City, New York.

He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant on July 12, 1943.

He was assigned to Headquarters Company 1st Battalion on August 2, 1944.

He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on September 2, 1944.

First Lieutenant Brooks was killed in action in Germany in the Branscheid sector
during the attack toward the city of Prüm on February 5, 1945.

Above: Entry from the diary of Captain Clifford "Swede" Henley noting that
Lieutenant Trigg Brooks was "killed by mortar shell."

Newspaper clipping announcing the death of Trigg T. Brooks

by Dianne Gravlee from the Find A Grave website

Trigg T. Brooks was originally buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Foy Cemetery, Bastogne, Belgium in Block B Row 8 Grave 182 and his remains were later
transferred and buried in Henri-Chapelle, in the 1947-1949 time frame, when the temporary
cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial
Henri-Chapelle
Liege, Belgium
Plot: Plot H, Row 6, Grave 45

Grave marker for Trigg T. Brooks, flanked by
the US and Belgian flags

Photo by Dianne Gravlee from the Find A Grave website

Top photo by Dianne Gravlee from the Find A Grave website

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