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JAMES CARL FOX
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 27, 1947 – March 30, 1969
Service recordJames Carl Fox, of Arcadia, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 90
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Arcadia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 90
- BENITO DIAZ JRSergeant · March 30, 1969
- JERRY TRUMAN DRIGGERSSergeant · March 30, 1969
- GLENN LEROY FETTERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 30, 1969
- JERRY ARTHUR GARRICKStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR MILTON BRADBERRYSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 89
- JOHNNY ALLISON GIBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 91
- CLARENCE ALBERT LATIMERSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 91
- CHARLES MICHAEL LAMBYSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 92
- FRED D SMITHSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 94
From Arcadia
- RODNEY WILLARD CASSELMANPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
- CRAIG RAY SCHOENBAUMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARDS CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- RICHARD RAY IRWIN JRPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- VAUGHN MAURICE HINESPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- EUGENE STANLEY HICKSSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- EDWARD ARTHUR ZAGERSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN BOOMSMAPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JAMES ANDREW LEACHPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- PATRICK MICHAEL WARDCaptain · September 11, 1969
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.