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JAMES DAVID DARWIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 3, 1949 – September 13, 1969
Service recordJames David Darwin, of Pisgah, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 79
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Pisgah, Alabama (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 79
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DANISONSergeant · September 13, 1969
- EDWARD MAYNARD HANSONPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS HOLMESSpecialist Six · September 13, 1969
- STEVEN DANNY LUNDLance Corporal · September 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEE BELANGERPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 77
From Pisgah
- DANIEL LEDARE UNDERWOODSergeant · May 16, 1968
- MACKLIN OTIS HUGHESSergeant · July 22, 1968
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.