Ennis E. Brooks was assigned to the battleship, USS West Virginia, at Ford Island. It was at anchor in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu on December 7, 1941. It was hit by torpedoes and fired upon by zero planes. There were 1500 lives lost, one of them being Ennis E. Brooks.
(Source of this data is the "Historical Collections of the Hawaiian Islands", archived in USGENWEB Archives.)
He is buried at: Plot E, Row O, Grave 849, Honolulu Memorial. (Source: www.ancestry.com)
"First Brown County man killed in the U.S.-Japanese war in the Pacific is Ennis Brooks, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Brooks of Bangs.
"The parents were notified Tuesday in the following message from Rear Admiral C.W. Nimitz, Chief of Bureau of Navigation:
The Navy deeply regrets to inform you that your son, Ennis Edgar Brooks, Fireman First Class, U. S. Navy, was lost in action in the performance of his duty and in the service of his country. The department extends to you its sincerest sympathy in your great loss. To prevent possible aid to our enemies please do not divulge the name of his ship or station.
"Ennis was the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe C. Brooks and Dr. and Mrs. G.A. Brooks of Brownwood. He is also survived by three brothers and three sisters. His death is the first in the immediate family of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Brooks, pioneer residents of the Bangs community."
Obituary was published in, "The Brownwood Bulletin", Brownwood, Texas.
(Source of this data is the "Historical Collections of the Hawaiian Islands", archived in USGENWEB Archives.)
He is buried at: Plot E, Row O, Grave 849, Honolulu Memorial. (Source: www.ancestry.com)
"First Brown County man killed in the U.S.-Japanese war in the Pacific is Ennis Brooks, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Brooks of Bangs.
"The parents were notified Tuesday in the following message from Rear Admiral C.W. Nimitz, Chief of Bureau of Navigation:
The Navy deeply regrets to inform you that your son, Ennis Edgar Brooks, Fireman First Class, U. S. Navy, was lost in action in the performance of his duty and in the service of his country. The department extends to you its sincerest sympathy in your great loss. To prevent possible aid to our enemies please do not divulge the name of his ship or station.
"Ennis was the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe C. Brooks and Dr. and Mrs. G.A. Brooks of Brownwood. He is also survived by three brothers and three sisters. His death is the first in the immediate family of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Brooks, pioneer residents of the Bangs community."
Obituary was published in, "The Brownwood Bulletin", Brownwood, Texas.
Ennis E. Brooks was assigned to the battleship, USS West Virginia, at Ford Island. It was at anchor in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu on December 7, 1941. It was hit by torpedoes and fired upon by zero planes. There were 1500 lives lost, one of them being Ennis E. Brooks.
(Source of this data is the "Historical Collections of the Hawaiian Islands", archived in USGENWEB Archives.)
He is buried at: Plot E, Row O, Grave 849, Honolulu Memorial. (Source: www.ancestry.com)
"First Brown County man killed in the U.S.-Japanese war in the Pacific is Ennis Brooks, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Brooks of Bangs.
"The parents were notified Tuesday in the following message from Rear Admiral C.W. Nimitz, Chief of Bureau of Navigation:
The Navy deeply regrets to inform you that your son, Ennis Edgar Brooks, Fireman First Class, U. S. Navy, was lost in action in the performance of his duty and in the service of his country. The department extends to you its sincerest sympathy in your great loss. To prevent possible aid to our enemies please do not divulge the name of his ship or station.
"Ennis was the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe C. Brooks and Dr. and Mrs. G.A. Brooks of Brownwood. He is also survived by three brothers and three sisters. His death is the first in the immediate family of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Brooks, pioneer residents of the Bangs community."
Obituary was published in, "The Brownwood Bulletin", Brownwood, Texas.
(Source of this data is the "Historical Collections of the Hawaiian Islands", archived in USGENWEB Archives.)
He is buried at: Plot E, Row O, Grave 849, Honolulu Memorial. (Source: www.ancestry.com)
"First Brown County man killed in the U.S.-Japanese war in the Pacific is Ennis Brooks, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Brooks of Bangs.
"The parents were notified Tuesday in the following message from Rear Admiral C.W. Nimitz, Chief of Bureau of Navigation:
The Navy deeply regrets to inform you that your son, Ennis Edgar Brooks, Fireman First Class, U. S. Navy, was lost in action in the performance of his duty and in the service of his country. The department extends to you its sincerest sympathy in your great loss. To prevent possible aid to our enemies please do not divulge the name of his ship or station.
"Ennis was the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe C. Brooks and Dr. and Mrs. G.A. Brooks of Brownwood. He is also survived by three brothers and three sisters. His death is the first in the immediate family of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Brooks, pioneer residents of the Bangs community."
Obituary was published in, "The Brownwood Bulletin", Brownwood, Texas.
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