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JAMES DARRYL FOX
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 9, 1942 – January 20, 1970
Service recordJames Darryl Fox, of Springfield, Georgia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 48
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Springfield, Georgia (Effingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 48
- ROBERT G MITCHELTREE JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1970
- VAN SYLVESTER TURNER JRCorporal · January 19, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD COOLEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1970
- HAROLD DALE DARNELLSergeant · January 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK ANTHONY PECORAROSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 50
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.