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JAMES B WILTSE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 14, 1949 – August 8, 1967
Service recordJames B Wiltse JR, of Monrovia, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 93
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Monrovia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 93
- JOHN BRADY WALTERSHospitalman · August 8, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WEESTLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL BEYRANDSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
From Monrovia
- THOMAS MICHAEL SANDSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE PETERSONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- LELAND STEWARTCorporal · January 6, 1968
- STEPHEN ALAN JORDANCorporal · August 25, 1968
- KENNETH ROBERT BIRDSergeant · April 7, 1969
- DENNIS EARL NEWMANFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
- EDWARD LEE BORREGOSpecialist Four · October 15, 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.