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JAMES CHRISTOPHER TOSH III
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 24, 1945 – August 21, 1969
Service recordJames Christopher Tosh III, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 89
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 89
- CHARLES H PARKS JRHospitalman · August 21, 1969
- RUDOLPH STEPHEN PARRISHPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- LUIS E QUINTANA-SOTOPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS RAZZANOPetty Officer Second Class · August 21, 1969
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 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.