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JAMES CAMIL DUPONT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1946 – September 18, 1970
Service recordJames Camil Dupont, of Westerville, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 71
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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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Westerville, Ohio (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 71
- ROGER ORRIE WELLSCorporal · September 17, 1970
- DAVID WALLACE BAKERSergeant · September 18, 1970
- JOE MAC BROWNSergeant First Class · September 18, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE NAPIERSergeant · September 18, 1970
From Westerville
- ALBERT MICHAEL BUTSKOHospitalman · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LAURENS HUGHESSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- ARNOLD WILLIAM LAMP JRCaptain · April 12, 1969
- JOSEPH A BOBANICH JRSergeant · April 19, 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.