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JAMES DAVID LONG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1931 – September 30, 1965
Service recordJames David Long, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 99
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 16, 1931
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 99
- RONALD LEE DAVISLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- RAYMOND ELLISLieutenant · September 30, 1965
- JOHN J FLEMINGPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
- MELVIN JOSEPH KILLIANColonel · September 30, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JOHN J FLEMINGPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 99
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 100
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · Panel 2E, Line 100
- CLARENCE EARL MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2E, Line 100
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
- IRVIN EUGENE MARTINCorporal · January 24, 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.