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JAMES C TARKENTON III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 31, 1941 – March 19, 1967
Service recordJames C Tarkenton III, of Ft Hood, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 116
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1941
- Home of record
- Ft Hood, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 116
- GILBERT NOLAN SMITHSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- FRANK TUNSTILL JRLance Corporal · March 19, 1967
- FRANK VALDEZPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY VASQUEZCorporal · March 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS JOHN BREDASecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 110
- BRUCE ANTHONY CORCORANPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 110
- MARLIN CHRIS EVERSGERDSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 110
- JAMES A BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 111
- THOMAS J DANDOSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 111
- JACK MARTIN GOSNELLSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 111
- BARNEY JOE KELLYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 112
- ROBERT LEWIS LINN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 112
- PAUL JOSEPH MCGOWANSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 113
- FRED HENRY PATTERSONSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 114
- RUSSELL LEE ROOTSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 114
- LOUIS SASSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 115
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 115
- DONALD WESLEY WALTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 117
- RODNEY RICHARD WEEDSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 117
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.