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JAMES ALLEN SLATER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – June 24, 1969
Service recordJames Allen Slater, of Indianola, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 10
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianola, Nebraska (Red Willow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 10
- ALAN EARL SANDERSSergeant · June 24, 1969
- RONALD SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- WOODROW N TRISSELL JRSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- MICHAEL JEFFERY WATERLOOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY RAY ADKINSSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 5
- JAMES KEITH AMEIGHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21W, Line 5
- FERNANDO DERUBEISSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 6
- ALBERT JUNIOR JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 7
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.