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JAMES CLENNON WINSTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1943 – February 4, 1967
Service recordJames Clennon Winston, of St Elmo, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 121
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 11, 1943
- Home of record
- St Elmo, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 121
- WOODROW HOOVER WILBURNColonel · October 2, 1966
- ROBERT FRENCH STARBUCKSergeant · February 4, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN WOODSpecialist Four · February 4, 1967
- CLIFFORD DOIL BEELERSpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 120
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.