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JAMES ALLEN TREECE
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 11, 1934 – October 7, 1966
Service recordJames Allen Treece, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on October 7, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1323F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 12 TRS
- Born
- August 11, 1934
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 7, 1966
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 59
- ALVERN WARREN SCHLOTTMANLance Corporal · October 7, 1966
- FRANK MICHAEL SOKOLOWSKIPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- HARRY THOMAS WHETZELCaptain · October 7, 1966
- PATRICK FRANCIS CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.