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JAMES CLIFTON GUILLORY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 21, 1941 – December 27, 1965
Service recordJames Clifton Guillory, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 41
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 41
- WILLIAM FLOYD BROWNPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
- JOHN JOSEPH CARLONE IIPrivate · December 27, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- STEPHEN DYER JEWETTSpecialist Four · December 27, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH CARLONE IIPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 41
- STEPHEN DYER JEWETTSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 41
- CHARLES RICHARD KIERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 42
- PAUL CLIVE O TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 42
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.