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JAMES ALBERT BIEHL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 19, 1948 – October 4, 1969
Service recordJames Albert Biehl, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 37
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 37
- SAMUEL RICHARD JESSEESergeant Major · October 4, 1969
- GREGORY L LAFLEURSergeant · October 4, 1969
- RALPH E LOUNDERMONPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- JOSEPH EARL MUENCHCorporal · October 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY L LAFLEURSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 37
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.