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JAMES ALLAN TOOTHAKER
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
March 4, 1943 – August 31, 1966
Service recordJames Allan Toothaker, of Greeley, Colorado, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 31, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 59
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Greeley, Colorado (Weld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 59
- ALTON WILKINS IIIPrivate First Class · August 31, 1966
- MICHAEL CARROLLCorporal · September 1, 1966
- LOWELL GREEMER EINARSONPetty Officer Second Class · September 1, 1966
- GEORGE R REYNOLDS JRSergeant · September 1, 1966
From Greeley
- RICARDO LEON MORENOSergeant · May 29, 1966
- LAVERNE WALKERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- ERVIN LEE CONDREAYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES BECKLance Corporal · June 3, 1968
- LUCIANO ARIASCorporal · March 25, 1969
- KENNITH MARION SEWARDSpecialist Five · May 27, 1969
- JOHN DAVID INCELance Corporal · June 9, 1969
- THOMAS VINCENT FELDHAUSSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- ELDON LYLE SHAPLEYSpecialist Five · October 10, 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.