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JAMES C WASHINGTON JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 28, 1936 – November 19, 1970
Service recordJames C Washington JR, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Storage And Handling Specialist (76V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 28, 1936
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 72
- JUAN JOSE PLAZAPrivate First Class · November 19, 1970
- STANLEY DEAN STRUBLEWarrant Officer 1 · November 19, 1970
- FRANKLIN RANDOLPH AKANASpecialist Five · November 20, 1970
- PHILLIP JOSE BARBACorporal · November 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT ASQUITHPrivate · Panel 6W, Line 70
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
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.