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JAMES DAVID PRESSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1947 – March 6, 1970
Service recordJames David Presson, of Overland, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 88
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Overland, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 88
- WALTER BRUCE FOOTESergeant · March 6, 1970
- BERT ABNER HAMILTON JRSeaman · March 6, 1970
- IRVING GEON PARKSergeant · March 6, 1970
- GEORGE EDMUND RAILEYChief Warrant Officer 4 · March 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WILLIAM RUSSELLSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 89
From Overland
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH KINDREDPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- ALVERN WARREN SCHLOTTMANLance Corporal · October 7, 1966
- THOMAS J GRAGNANISpecialist Four · December 5, 1966
- HAROLD DENNIS VANBUSKIRKPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- BILLIE JOE BARNETT JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- MICHAEL JOE DINGUSCorporal · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD COOKSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN NEUPrivate First Class · October 12, 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.