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JAMES COLEMAN HATHORNE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 9, 1946 – November 13, 1968
Service recordJames Coleman Hathorne JR, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 62
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; six of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 62
- LASZIO RABELStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1968
- ROBERT RAYMOND RADESPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- DALE FRANKLIN ROLLINSSergeant First Class · November 13, 1968
- JOSE CARLOS SANTOSFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1968
- ELMER ODELL WRAYMaster Sergeant · November 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BRANIN JRCorporal · Panel 39W, Line 58
- ANTHONY THOMAS CULOTTACorporal · Panel 39W, Line 58
- DONALD LARRY KEETERSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 60
- THOMAS ANDREW NORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 61
- DALE FRANKLIN ROLLINSSergeant First Class · Panel 39W, Line 62
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.