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JAMES DOUGLAS LAW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 20, 1945 – March 17, 1967
Service recordJames Douglas Law, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 102
- CHARLES WESLEY LANTZMaster Sergeant · March 17, 1967
- LAWRENCE LEE LASALLECorporal · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT GERALD NALLYHospitalman · March 17, 1967
- STEPHEN BROWNING NEALPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ORTHEL GRIFFINSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 101
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 101
- CHARLES WESLEY LANTZMaster Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 102
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.