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JAMES ALFORD LANDRUM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1943 – July 29, 1969
Service recordJames Alford Landrum, of Ft Gibson, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 71
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Ft Gibson, Oklahoma (Muskogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 71
- JOHN EDWIN HISEYCorporal · July 29, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH KEINPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- FRED MICHAEL KERNSLance Corporal · July 29, 1969
- JAMES CARL KOTRCMajor · July 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JOSEPH HALBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 70
From Ft Gibson
- WILLIAM KELLY DOWNINGCorporal · May 3, 1967
- ROGER LYNN ELKINSPrivate First Class · February 17, 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.