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JAMES DOUGLAS LOCKER
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 25, 1947 – June 9, 1968
Service recordJames Douglas Locker, of Sidney, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 10
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 37 AIR RES & RECOV SQ
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Sidney, Ohio (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “37 AIR RES & RECOV SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 10
- JOHN DAVID STENHOUSELance Corporal · June 7, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH IANIERILance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- MELTON LAVONE KIDDPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- DONNIE HUGH LITTLECorporal · June 9, 1968
- BARRY LOWEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELMER LARRY HOLDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 58W, Line 9
- JACK COLUMBUS RITTICHIERLieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 14
- RICHARD CAROLINUS YEEND JRCaptain · Panel 58W, Line 17
From Sidney
- CHARLES RICHARD MCFARLINPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- TERRY FISHER KATTERHENRYCaptain · December 20, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MEYERLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH GOLDSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CHARLES GREGORY HUSTONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- DANIEL EDWARD WOLFECorporal · April 22, 1968
- WILLIAM HARVEY MILLERPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- MONTE RICHARD JONESSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- JEROME RAYMOND FRILLINGPrivate First Class · September 30, 1970
- BENTON LEWIS MILLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 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.