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JAMES DAVID AMES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – May 14, 1968
Service recordJames David Ames, of Florissant, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 13
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Florissant, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 13
- BARRY EDWIN KARGERLieutenant (junior grade) · May 14, 1968
- DANIEL DUANE KEYESMaster Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH KLINESpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- LANCE JACK KOHANKECorporal · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEKSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
From Florissant
- THOMAS MICHAEL NOWACKPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- KENNETH GENE BLANTONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LOUIS FERDINAND KEEVENChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MURPHY IIICorporal · March 10, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DELASSUSSergeant · September 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL WEICHECorporal · January 31, 1969
- CHARLES FRANCIS PREVEDELSergeant First Class · April 17, 1969
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE FREYPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- DONALD JESS GARVEY JRPrivate · September 28, 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.