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North High School Wall of Honor
Howard Wilson Brooks
Class of June, 1927

Research done by Claradell Shedd, Class of 1953. PAGE IN PROGRESS

Howard Wilson Brooks

Howard graduated in the June, 1927 North High class. He enlisted at the Memorial Armory, East First Street, Des Moines, IA. His service number was ________. Howard's next of kin was listed as his wife, Julia Juanita Jennings Brooks, 2518 36th Street, Des Moines, IA.

Howard Wilson Brooks

Year		Rank		Status

June, 1927	x	Graduated	x	Graduated from North High School, Des Moines, IA.
1930 Census	x	Employed	x	Living with parents at 1909 Jefferson. Salesman, dry goods.
June 17, 1933	x	Family	x	Married Julia Juanita Jennings in Lakefield, MN. Julia died December 3, 1996. Living at 2916 Brattleboro Avenue.
date	x	Family	x	Drake University, Des Moines, IA.
1934	x	Family	x	Admitted to Iowa Bar Association.
March 3, 1935	x	Family	x	Son born in Des Moines, IA.
1935-1940	x	Family	x	Living at 2518 36th Street, Des Moines, IA.
1941	x	Employment	x	Deputy, County Clerk of District Court, Des Moines, IA. (from US City Directory)
1942	x	Volunteered	x	When age 33, Howard volunteered for World War II and made application to be a Class III-A Volunteer Officer Candidate (VOC).
October 19, 1942	x	US Army	x	Notified by Commanding General that Howard's application for induction for VOC had been approved and that the application and allied papers were being forwarded to the Director of Selective Services for the State of Iowa.
December 31, 1942	x	US Army/PVT.	x	Inducted into US Army at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, IA. Assigned to Company D, 54th Infantry Training Battalion at Camp Wolters, TX. .
May 21, 1943	x	US Army	x	Honorably/medically discharged at Camp Wolters, TX. The remaining effects from his polio as a youth prevented him from continuing service.
1950	x	Employment	x	Judge, Municipal Court, Des Moines, IA.
1950-	x	Employment	x	Judge, Municipal Court, Des Moines, IA.
February 11, 1984	x	Family	x	Deceased Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA.
aft February 11, 1984	x	Family	x	Interred at Resthaven Cemetery, West Des Moines, IA. Find-A-Grave Memorial #91667178.

54th Infantry Regiment
The 54th Infantry Regiment (for a time, known as the 54th Armored Infantry Regiment) is a United States Army Regimental System parent regiment of the United States Army. It is represented in the active Army by the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, which conduct Infantry One Station Unit Training (OSUT) at Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning), Georgia, In 1942, Howard Brooks was assigned to the 54th Infantry Training Battalion at Camp Wolters, TX.

Camp Dodge;
Camp Wolters

Howard & Julia Jennings Brooks, Resthaven Cemetery

Howard Wilson Brooks Company D, 54th Infantry Training Battalion US Army

References

(1) Information was obtained from the Records on Military Personnel Who Died, were Missing in Action, or Prisoners of War as a result of the Vietnam War. This document can be found online at the National Archives and Records Administration at http://www.archives.gov/.

(2) The comprehensive list of names from North High's 1893-2018 graduation classes are from Claradell Shedd's North Des Moines High School website. The names of North High School graduates can be found online at: http://www.ndmhs.com/. Howard Wilson Brooks's 1927 class page is: http://www.ndmhs.com/pages/yearclass1927.html.

Died 02/11/84.

Music: "Wind Beneath My Wings"