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JAMES BENJAMIN POWELL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 24, 1950 – November 28, 1970
Service recordJames Benjamin Powell JR, of New Castle, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 88
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1950
- Home of record
- New Castle, Indiana (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 88
- FRANKLIN U BRECKENRIDGESpecialist Four · November 28, 1970
- ALBERT HALLPrivate First Class · November 28, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES KOLYCorporal · November 28, 1970
- EUGENE PRINCE JRPrivate · November 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY EDGAR FIELDCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 87
- DAVID CRUZ JAUREGUIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 87
From New Castle
- JIMMIE LEE MINCKSSergeant · October 11, 1965
- GEORGE MICHAEL SLOANPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- CHARLES EVERETT CRANDALLPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- BRADFORD LEE TROUTSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE DARLINGSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- FREDRICK JOE SMITHCorporal · July 6, 1968
- DAVID CLAUD JASPERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- TOMMY RAY EATONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Third Class · April 12, 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.