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JAMES ARNOLD SINGLETON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1947 – November 2, 1968
Service recordJames Arnold Singleton, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 10
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
- July 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Hot Springs, Arkansas (Garland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 10
- TERRY ALAN JOHNSONCorporal · November 2, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE SFERRUZZIPrivate First Class · November 2, 1968
- WILLIAM DEAN STURDEVANTCorporal · November 2, 1968
- NOE TAMEYOZASpecialist Four · November 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACOB MCKIESpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 9
- WILLIAM DEAN STURDEVANTCorporal · Panel 39W, Line 10
From Hot Springs
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MAILHESLieutenant (junior grade) · August 10, 1965
- FRANK RAY NOESergeant First Class · November 1, 1967
- THOMAS FRANKLIN YOUNGSergeant · February 3, 1968
- SOLOMON HUGHEY GODWINChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 5, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM HOLTMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY WILLIAM HANDLEYCorporal · February 8, 1968
- CLEVELAND EVANS JRStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- BERNIE JACK MOSLEYHospitalman · March 27, 1968
- JOE JUNIOR HIBBLERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EFIRDMaster Sergeant · November 22, 1968
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.