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GARY LYNN JAMES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 5, 1943 – May 29, 1967
Service recordGary Lynn James, of Santa Anna, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Santa Anna, Texas (Coleman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 13
- HAROLD DEXTER GRIFFINCorporal · May 29, 1967
- RAUL CAMPOS GUTIERREZCorporal · May 29, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- MATHEW L JOLIVETTESpecialist Five · May 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE JOSEPH CARRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 9
- RICHMOND ROSS LUCEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 14
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.