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JAMES CALVIN TUBB JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 3, 1951 – March 5, 1971
Service recordJames Calvin Tubb JR, of Myrtle Point, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 26
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
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 3, 1951
- Home of record
- Myrtle Point, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In March 1971, 429 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 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 26
- BARRY MERCER STRAWCaptain · March 5, 1971
- RALPH LELAND WARDCaptain · March 5, 1971
- DANIEL WEBSTER ALLEN JRSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
- GEORGE CLINGER BASSFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1971
- EDWARD PILLOW COOPERLieutenant (junior grade) · December 5, 1971
From Myrtle Point
- DONALD GENE MILLERSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ALFRED EDGAR PLAEP JRCorporal · February 23, 1968
- DANNY RAY KILGOREPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- TERRY LAVERN STAMANSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- TIMOTHY JOHN BROWNCorporal · May 30, 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.