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JAMES CRAIG WEARS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1948 – July 10, 1967
Service recordJames Craig Wears, of Nitro, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 47
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Nitro, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 47
- HARRY DIWAIN SPIERPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- JESUS M TORRESSergeant · July 10, 1967
- BEN WHITESergeant · July 10, 1967
- LAWRENCE ALLEN WHITFIELDSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD KIKAU KEAMaster Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 43
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 43
- CLAUDE PAUL MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 44
- ANTHONY STEVEN PAPALASPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 45
From Nitro
- JAMES LAWRENCE TAYLORSergeant · March 10, 1966
- RANDOLPH MONROE HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1968
- EARL B ESTEP JRTechnical Sergeant · October 2, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · November 4, 1970
- STEPHEN ALAN MOOREStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1971
- WILLIAM PORTER WALTERSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1971
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.