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JAMES E TATE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1943 – January 16, 1966
Service recordJames E Tate, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 75
- FRED ALBERT NETHLieutenant Commander · January 16, 1966
- CHARLES DAVID SCHOONOVERLieutenant Commander · January 16, 1966
- ROLLAND BERNARD SHUBBUCKAirman Second Class · January 16, 1966
- PENI UELICorporal · January 16, 1966
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.