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JAMES ARTHUR MCEWEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
January 18, 1941 – October 22, 1965
Service recordJames Arthur McEwen, of Washington, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 22, 1965, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 131
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 TAC RECON SQ
- Born
- January 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Washington, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1965; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2E, Line 131
- JIMMIE LLOYD MCBYNUMStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- MILTON LEE OLIVE IIIPrivate First Class · October 22, 1965
- THOMAS WILSON PUSSERCaptain · October 22, 1965
- MIGUEL TREJOPrivate First Class · October 22, 1965
From Washington
- DAVID LEE RIZORPrivate · October 9, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH REILLY JRSergeant First Class · October 10, 1965
- ROBERT ELMER BRYANTCorporal · September 13, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL SLESH JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY GORDON SALISBERRYHospitalman · August 2, 1967
- DAVID ROSS MYERSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT ARCHIBALD SIKONPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- ROBERT GAYLORD FINDLEYPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT WALTZGunnery Sergeant · May 13, 1968
- GARY WILLIARD LEIGHTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 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.