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JAMES ALAN MAXAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 13, 1945 – July 29, 1966
Service recordJames Alan Maxam, of Paw Paw, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Paw Paw, Michigan (Van Buren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 88
- LONNIE DEAN HARTSOCKLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- BERNARD CONKLINLieutenant Colonel · July 29, 1966
- RAY STEPHEN LONGPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- JOHN MICHIO MAMIYAChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- DON RUE SAINSpecialist Four · July 29, 1966
From Paw Paw
- ROGER CHARLES HEARNSPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE SLATERPrivate First Class · May 4, 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.