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JAMES ALEXANDER PEMBERTON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 23, 1945 – April 5, 1968
Service recordJames Alexander Pemberton, of Beckley, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Beckley, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 19
- WALTER MICHAEL OSTAPCHUKLance Corporal · April 5, 1968
- BURTON W PETERSON JRLance Corporal · April 5, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT PIERINIPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- GARY ARTHUR RHODESSergeant · April 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER JOHN BERNREUTHERCaptain · Panel 48E, Line 14
- GEORGE EDWARD EDDENSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 16
- PETER YAZZIE CLAWPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 18
- KENNETH RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 20
- WESLEY WILLIAM SPERLINGSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 20
- JOE ALLEN WITTKOPPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 22
From Beckley
- SHIRLEY WAYNE OBOYLEStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1966
- GEORGE WINTON THOMPSONMajor · May 15, 1966
- LEWIS CHARLES ROLLINSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1966
- DANNY RICHARD PARKULOSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- ROGER LEE BRUNOSergeant · April 1, 1967
- CLARENCE M GUNTHER JRCorporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM HUNTSergeant First Class · February 28, 1968
- WILLIE BUREL RICHMONDSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD REDDSergeant First Class · April 27, 1969
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.