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GERALD JAMES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1947 – May 19, 1968
Service recordGerald James, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 9
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 9
- JAMES LESTER FOSTERCorporal · May 19, 1968
- CARLTON ANDREW FROSTPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- GARY NELSON FRYESergeant · May 19, 1968
- FRANCISCO FUENTESCorporal · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE BOONESpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 4
- EDWARD ALAN BIESPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 5
- RICHARD CLYDE COLEMANSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 7
- PAUL FREEMAN DANIELS JRSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 7
- BENJAMIN THOMAS FOLCKSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 8
- ISAIAH MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 13
- GEORGE RICHARD POPESpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 16
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 18
- GARY LEE WITHERELLSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 2
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
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.