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JAMES DOUGLAS BEDGOOD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1945 – May 13, 1967
Service recordJames Douglas Bedgood, of Goldonna, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Born
- June 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Goldonna, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 103
- DEAN EDWARD ARMSTRONGGunnery Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- JOHN MANUEL AVILALance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- PETER QUIRINUS BOETS JRCorporal · May 13, 1967
- DAVID CHRISTOPHER BOREYLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
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.