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JAMES EARL BLUE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 15, 1947 – August 16, 1968
Service recordJames Earl Blue, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 48W, Line 28
- THOMAS LEE MERICANTANTEPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- ROBERT MILLINERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- RAMIRO MICHAEL MORASergeant First Class · August 16, 1968
- ROJELIO OLIVAN MUNOZ IIPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.