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JAMES EARL AUSTIN
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 13, 1932 – February 18, 1971
Service recordJames Earl Austin, of South Bend, Indiana, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist (55D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 13, 1932
- Home of record
- South Bend, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 39
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 114
- WILLIAM R HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · February 17, 1971
- LESTER WARREN ALIPIOSergeant · February 18, 1971
- RICHARD THOMAS BAKERStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1971
- GEORGE PHILLIP BERGChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LESTER WARREN ALIPIOSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 114
- JOSEPH GORDON BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 115
- DONALD GENE GIBLERSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 115
- EARLEY CARTER GRACEPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 116
- COLEY LEE KENDALLSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 116
From South Bend
- JOHN RUSSELL HILLSMajor · February 14, 1966
- RONALD LEE RUNKELLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALLEN L HIGGINBOTHANSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- EVEANS JERRY STULTSSergeant · September 2, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE KASAStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- LARRY FLOYD JANKOWSKIPrivate · May 8, 1967
- RUSSELL PERRY MILLERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- LONNIE MICHAEL HOLMESSergeant · June 15, 1967
- LEE CHARL HITCHCOCKCaptain · September 10, 1967
- MICHAEL JENNINGS HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
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.