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JAMES ARTHUR CLEVELAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 11, 1941 – July 20, 1968
Service recordJames Arthur Cleveland, of Kirkland, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Kirkland, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 17
- RENE CARBAJAL-AZMITIASpecialist Four · July 20, 1968
- ARTHUR COLEMAN JRCorporal · July 20, 1968
- ERNEST EVANSSergeant · July 20, 1968
- JOHN CEPHAS GAETHSergeant · July 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST EVANSSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 17
- AUSTIN DALE GIBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 18
- BRUCE ALEN MARRONPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 19
- JAMES EDWARD OTOOLE JRSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 20
From Kirkland
- CLANCY GEORGE DRAKECaptain · December 9, 1965
- DAVID LE ROY ARENSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- GAIL WARD THOMSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- HARRY ERNEST SMITHPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- JAMES DAVID NANSELPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- ARCHIE HUGH MCDANIEL JRCorporal · July 24, 1969
- JEFFREY LEE HULBERTCorporal · August 21, 1969
- DAVID NELSON HEBERTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1969
- DAVID LINDFORD NELSONCaptain · March 5, 1971
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.