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JAMES ALLEN SOUTHER
Fireman · U.S. Navy
March 4, 1953 – June 15, 1971
Service recordJames Allen Souther, of Ridgeway, Virginia, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 15, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 77
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
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Born
- March 4, 1953
- Home of record
- Ridgeway, Virginia (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 77
- FLOYD LEE BRADSHAW IIISpecialist Four · June 15, 1971
- SYLVESTER C MARTINEZSergeant · June 15, 1971
- BILLY DEAN PEDINGSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 15, 1971
- RICHARD WILSON JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1971
From Ridgeway
- DOUGLAS LEE FOLEYSecond Lieutenant · September 2, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD MANNSLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JERRY ALLEN DILLARDSpecialist Four · October 16, 1968
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.