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JAMES ARNOLD LISENBY
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 23, 1944 – August 13, 1968
Service recordJames Arnold Lisenby, of Plant City, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Plant City, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 7
- FRANCISCO XAVIER LICEAPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- CHARLES LEE LYMANPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- JAMES ANDREW LYONSCorporal · August 13, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM MATTESONPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEON DAVID WILLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 9
From Plant City
- HENRY VAN DEMPSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- DEREX WILLIAMS JRCaptain · August 23, 1967
- WILLIAM EDGAR JERKINSAirman First Class · September 4, 1967
- EMORY STEPHEN CANNONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CARLOS LARUE KNIGHTSergeant · June 12, 1968
- RONALD KEITH GROOMSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- DONNIE EDWARD WATSONCorporal · September 23, 1968
- DAVID T MOORESergeant · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT DALE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1969
- ISOM JUNIOR GOODWINECorporal · December 27, 1969
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.