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JAMES DARRELL WADDELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1949 – April 14, 1971
Service recordJames Darrell Waddell, of Lamesa, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 125
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Lamesa, Texas (Dawson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 125
- RONALD EUGENE BALESStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1971
- LARRY LYNN BROWNSpecialist Four · April 15, 1971
- BRUCE EDWARD BUTCHERSergeant · April 15, 1971
- JEFFRY EDWARD COWLEYSergeant · April 15, 1971
From Lamesa
- EDGAR LEE HAWKINSMajor · September 20, 1965
- GILIVALDO A MARTINEZ JRStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1965
- LUIS GARCIA GONZALES JRCorporal · June 17, 1968
- FELIX DENNIS RIDGEPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- JOE EDDIE DEMERSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL SNELLCaptain · June 14, 1969
- JOHN D MARTINSergeant · July 13, 1969
- ROBERT LARRY OAKSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
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.