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JAMES ALLEN WORLDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 22, 1947 – October 26, 1968
Service recordJames Allen Worlds, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 40
- KEITH LYLE SWANSONSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- LOUIS WELDON WASHINGTONPrivate · October 26, 1968
- MILES GREGORY WILDMANSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- DAVID KENNETH WILHELMPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.