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JAMES ARTHUR LOUX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 10, 1950 – April 5, 1971
Service recordJames Arthur Loux, of Owosso, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 109
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Owosso, Michigan (Shiawassee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 109
- WILLIAM CLAYTON MCDOWELLSergeant First Class · April 5, 1971
- MICHAEL MONROE SCOTTSergeant · April 5, 1971
- FRANK THOMAS BURTONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1971
- CLAUDE ROBERT GIBBONSSergeant · April 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RAY GLEN DESMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 108
- DAVID BARTLETT FITZGERALDMaster Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 108
- ARTHUR GLASSMaster Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 108
- WILLIAM CLAYTON MCDOWELLSergeant First Class · Panel 4W, Line 109
From Owosso
- MILTON DONALD BRITTONMajor · April 6, 1962
- ARNEL J DAVIS JRSergeant · June 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- RALPH JOEL CRUTTSSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- BARRY RICHARD GRULKESpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- DWIGHT I ADESergeant · March 29, 1970
- DONALD JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
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.