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JAMES AVERY MESSICK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1925 – January 8, 1967
Service recordJames Avery Messick, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 126
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Supply Specialist (76K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 31, 1925
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1967
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 126
- GEORGE EMILE HONSELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES MANNSpecialist Four · January 8, 1967
- TIMMY G MATTINGLYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.