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JAMES BENJAMIN WHITTIER
Private · U.S. Army
July 24, 1946 – June 27, 1968
Service recordJames Benjamin Whittier, of Hollis, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 7
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Hollis, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 7
- VINCENT FRANK GIAMMARINOSergeant First Class · June 27, 1968
- JAMES HOUSTON ROULETTSpecialist Five · June 27, 1968
- MICHAEL EARL WALKERCorporal · June 27, 1968
- MELVIN RICHARD WHITEChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 27, 1968
From Hollis
- RICHARD HENRY GRUNBERGSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- ARTHUR ERIC FISHENDENLance Corporal · July 24, 1967
- LINWOOD CALVIN CORBETTSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- HENRY HERBERT MCGEEStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1967
- CLARENCE A ROUSSELL JRSecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1968
- REUBEN MILEY JRLance Corporal · October 1, 1968
- JAMES ALAN COXStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES NELSONCorporal · May 30, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HALLCorporal · September 22, 1969
- ROBERT OCHABCaptain · January 7, 1970
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.