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JAMES ALLEN TAZELAAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 28, 1946 – June 28, 1966
Service recordJames Allen Tazelaar, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Postal Clerk (71F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 106
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- THOMAS HUBERT WOLFECaptain · June 28, 1966
- LELAND W ALBURY JRLance Corporal · June 29, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL ALICEA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 103
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BINGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 103
- DONALD EDWARD BYRUMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 103
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 104
- HARRY GORDON DYERSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 104
- CARL EUGENE FELLSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 104
- PEDRO LUIS LAMOURT-TOSADOPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 105
- ARTHUR G MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 105
- RUSSELL LEE PRICESergeant · Panel 8E, Line 105
- GERALD R ROLFPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 105
- LAWRENCE F RUNEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 105
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 106
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 1967
- BERNARD JOHN NOVAKStaff Sergeant · February 22, 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.