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JAMES ALAN LAIRD
Captain · U.S. Army
February 21, 1946 – October 31, 1970
Service recordJames Alan Laird, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 32
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1970; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 32
- ROBERT EDISON LINVILLESpecialist Four · October 31, 1970
- JIMMY EUGENE MARCHESIPrivate First Class · October 31, 1970
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS MURPHY JRFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1970
- PAUL EDWARD REEDStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1970
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.