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JAMES ALBERT AMOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1948 – July 27, 1969
Service recordJames Albert Amos, of Grenada, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 53
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Grenada, Mississippi (Grenada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 53
- JAMES FIELDING WOHRERFirst Lieutenant · July 26, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM ARMENIOFirst Lieutenant · July 27, 1969
- HENRY BALLEW JRLance Corporal · July 27, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY ALBASIOCaptain · July 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DELMER LANGLY KINNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 58
From Grenada
- SAMMIE LEE WATTPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- LLOYD HENRY KENTSpecialist Four · January 12, 1968
- EDDIE DEAN GANTLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- JAMES LENVER SELDONPrivate First Class · September 16, 1969
- STANTON GERALD SARGENTCorporal · April 21, 1971
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.