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JAMES ALLEN WIMMER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1948 – June 27, 1970
Service recordJames Allen Wimmer, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 100
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 100
- JACK LEE WOLFESpecialist Five · June 27, 1970
- TERRELL ROBERT GALBREATHStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1970
- JOHN ARTHUR MCGINNSergeant · June 28, 1970
- JOHN PAUL SHARPLESSPrivate First Class · June 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD LEE MCDOWELLSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 99
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.