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JAMES DALA DEACON
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 27, 1951 – March 11, 1971
Service recordJames Dala Deacon, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 37
- KENNETH LEE BOYKINSergeant · March 11, 1971
- DENNIS ARNOLD CALTONFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 1971
- FRANK LEE CASSCorporal · March 11, 1971
- GARY MARTIN COHENPrivate · March 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FRANK LEE CASSCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 37
- AERIO JOSEPH LUCCHI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 39
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.