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JAMES CRAIG DEWAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 29, 1949 – May 10, 1969
Service recordJames Craig Dewar, of West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 29, 1949
- Home of record
- West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 37
- JAMES CARMEN BYRDSergeant · May 10, 1969
- NICHOLAS FRANK CERRATOSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- RUSSELL MARTIN DOBYNS JRLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- SAM EGGERTCorporal · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN CHARLES BLISSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 35
- DENNIS DUWAYNE PALMCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 41
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.