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EMMETT DWAINE JAMES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 26, 1947 – September 28, 1969
Service recordEmmett Dwaine James, of Hurst, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Hurst, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 16
- DONALD JESS GARVEY JRPrivate · September 28, 1969
- LONNIE LOWELL GIBSONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- JOHNNY WILLIAM GLISSONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1969
- STEVEN TIMOTHY HOWEPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE ALTON CORLEY JRSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 15
- LONNIE LOWELL GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 16
From Hurst
- DAVID FRANKLIN HENRYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- LARRY RAYMOND CREECYSpecialist Four · April 5, 1968
- WILLIAM KENNETH VADEN JRCorporal · November 8, 1970
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.