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JAMES ARNE NIEMI
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 12, 1948 – February 7, 1970
Service recordJames Arne Niemi, of Hibbing, Minnesota, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 7, 1970, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 113
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- July 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Hibbing, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 113
- THOMAS WAYNE MUIRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1970
- WILLIAM D SCHIERMEYER JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1970
- ROBERT CARL SMITHSpecialist Four · February 7, 1970
- JOHN LEWIS TAYLORSergeant · February 7, 1970
From Hibbing
- KENNETH LEROY BAUERStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MAXIEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- VERNON LEROY LEINOPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JACK MICHAEL ZAITZSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- KERRY LAMONT TAYLORSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
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.