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JAMES ARTHUR LONG
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1938 – February 18, 1971
Service recordJames Arthur Long, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 117
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 6, 1938
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 117
- FRANK JOSEPH KOHLMYERStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1971
- WALTER EDWARD LEWELLENSergeant · February 18, 1971
- RICHARD ARTHUR LILLIESergeant · February 18, 1971
- ALLEN RICHARD LLOYDSergeant · February 18, 1971
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.