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JAMES DAVID SERENA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1948 – February 4, 1968
Service recordJames David Serena, of Bellaire, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 27
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
- Regular
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Bellaire, Ohio (Belmont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 27
- HAROLD RAY REEVESSergeant · February 4, 1968
- LEON REIDSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD RICHARDSLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
- RONALD RODERICKCorporal · February 4, 1968
From Bellaire
- JAMES ARTHUR CHRISTYSpecialist Five · August 17, 1966
- GARY PAT POLLEYStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1967
- FRANCIS MARION MONROESergeant · November 22, 1969
- ANDREW MICHAEL SIMKOLieutenant Colonel · April 5, 1970
- GEORGE ROBERT KELLEYCorporal · July 22, 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.