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JAMES ALLEN LEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 8, 1950 – May 14, 1969
Service recordJames Allen Lee, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 8
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1950
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 8
- MERLIN JAMES LABERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- ROBERT FRANCIS LAUBACHERCorporal · May 14, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS MELTONSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE MILNERCorporal · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE WAYNE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 7
- DONALD WILLIAM VALLEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 13
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.