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JAMES B W DETRIXHE
Captain · U.S. Army
November 25, 1940 – February 24, 1966
Service recordJames B W Detrixhe, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 25, 1940
- Home of record
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 71
- WILLIE A COOPERSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES RICHARD FOLEYSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JIMMIE LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- FLEMMON PAUL FREEMANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 69
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- RICHARD ALLAN MARSHALLPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 72
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 73
- ROBERT DELL MERRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 73
- THOMAS JAY OGLETHORPEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 74
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 75
From Bethlehem
- ROBERT STEPHEN RUCHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- EDWARD K MARSHFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1965
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- JOSEPH PATTON FRYLance Corporal · November 17, 1966
- ANTHONY FRANCIS KORPICSCaptain · November 20, 1966
- JEROME VINCENT ZERFASSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- FRANK RODNEY HOLLANDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM HORVATHLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- WAYNE TYRONE MOLLCorporal · October 10, 1967
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.