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JAMES ARTHUR BORDEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 23, 1949 – May 7, 1969
Service recordJames Arthur Borden, of Madisonville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Madisonville, Tennessee (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 16
- ANTHONY PHILIP AGARSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- DALE ALLEN FAHRNIPrivate First Class · May 7, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH GLYNN JRPrivate First Class · May 7, 1969
- WALLIS GILBERT PATTERSONSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY PHILIP AGARSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 16
- PAUL DINNES MARTINEZ JRCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 17
- ROY LAWRENCE MCDONALDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 18
- ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN PENNSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 18
From Madisonville
- HAROLD EUGENE LEESergeant · February 3, 1967
- CLARENCE EDWARD WATSONSergeant · July 19, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD SELFCorporal · August 22, 1968
- WINSTON OSBORNE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 14, 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.