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JAMES DONALD BUDAHAZY II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1948 – June 24, 1968
Service recordJames Donald Budahazy II, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 26
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 26
- LEROY JACK BROWNINGSergeant Major · June 24, 1968
- NICHOLAS MALLORY CARPENTERLieutenant Commander · June 24, 1968
- WARREN NELSON CHAPMANSergeant · June 24, 1968
- CARL BENJAMIN HELMStaff Sergeant · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERALD LOUIS JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 28
- WALTER ALVIN SOUTHER IIICaptain · Panel 55W, Line 31
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.