The Wall › Panel 4E › Georgia › James Carl Wise JR
JAMES CARL WISE JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 5, 1930 – December 23, 1965
Service recordJames Carl Wise JR, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 23, 1965, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 35
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 5, 1930
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1965; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 35
- JOHN DOUGLAS PRUDHOMMELieutenant · December 22, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- PAUL DAVID BERTHIAUMECaptain · December 23, 1965
- JAMES A GRUEZKEWarrant Officer 1 · December 23, 1965
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- ALLAN STEGALL JRPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
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.