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JAMES DAVID CIRUTI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1947 – April 28, 1967
Service recordJames David Ciruti, of Slidell, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 106
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Slidell, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 106
- DOMINIC JOSEPH CIFELLIPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- RITSON LEWIS Y CLARKECorporal · April 28, 1967
- MORRISON AUTHER COTNERMajor · April 28, 1967
- KENNETH BRYAN MORRISSergeant · April 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT ONEAL GILSTRAPPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 108
- ROGER EARL GOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 108
- JOSE L MARTINEZ-FELICIANOSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 110
From Slidell
- MICHAEL GENE ISELYPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- JACK EATONStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1967
- LOUIS ALPHONSE PICHON JRGunnery Sergeant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN ALFRED LASSITERPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JAMES CURTIS BRANNANSergeant First Class · March 31, 1969
- PHILIP GEORGE KNIEPER JRCorporal · March 20, 1970
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.