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JAMES DOUGLAS TRAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 17, 1948 – October 21, 1969
Service recordJames Douglas Traylor, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 104
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 104
- NEVIN OAKLEY FARNSWORTH JRSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- DALE EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- CRAIG HOWARD WEBERSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- WILLIAM BUEL BISHOP IISergeant · October 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALE EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 104
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 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.