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EDWARD ARTHUR JAMES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1948 – October 27, 1969
Service recordEdward Arthur James, of Westerly, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 124
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Westerly, Rhode Island (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 124
- JAMES WAYNE HERRICK JRCaptain · October 27, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL MCKENNAPrivate First Class · October 27, 1969
- MICHAEL GRANT OCONNELLSecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1969
- JOE LEE PETERSONPrivate · October 27, 1969
From Westerly
- THOMAS LYNWOOD NIGRELLIPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS MILLERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- CARL W MYLLYMAKI IIIFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
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.