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JAMES CLETUS DYE
Seaman Recruit · U.S. Navy
July 3, 1926 – May 29, 1964
Service recordJames Cletus Dye, of Ventura, California, served as a Seaman Recruit in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 29, 1964, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 53
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Recruit (SR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- July 3, 1926
- Home of record
- Ventura, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1964
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1964; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1964, 15 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 53
- DEANE ALVA POMEROYWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1964
- DOYD DEWAYNE ONEALMajor · May 31, 1964
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
From Ventura
- MICHAEL PERRY MORITZSpecialist Five · June 16, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CREIGHTON ROBERT DUNNSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES APPLEGATESpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · July 10, 1967
- DONALD MELVIN SEWELLColonel · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL WAYNE HASKINSHospitalman · February 1, 1968
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.