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ARTHUR LEROY JAMES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1942 – March 30, 1966
Service recordArthur Leroy James, of Logansport, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 65
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Logansport, Indiana (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 65
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- JOHNNY HUDSONSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- JOHN GLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID L ARNOLDPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 62
- GIOVANNINO TUMMINIASpecialist Five · Panel 6E, Line 69
From Logansport
- FRANK R GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- JAMES L HATTONSpecialist Four · October 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CLARKChief Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- JAMES LEROY KISTLERSergeant · June 12, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE PRIESTHOFFSergeant · December 16, 1967
- CHARLES B JILCOTT JRCaptain · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN MARTINPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- GERALD FREDERICK GILBERTSergeant · March 28, 1968
- REX MICHAEL HOOVERSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE BICKELPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.