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JAMES EARL WEATHERSBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 3, 1949 – January 27, 1971
Service recordJames Earl Weathersby, of Prentiss, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1971, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Prentiss, Mississippi (Jefferson Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 66
- DEWIGHT EDWARDS NORTONPrivate First Class · January 27, 1971
- STEVEN JAMES OLCOTTSpecialist Four · January 27, 1971
- WILLIAM FRANCIS REICHERTCaptain · January 27, 1971
- GARNEY BURLESON JRCorporal · January 28, 1971
From Prentiss
- BILLIE ALVIN ALLENLance Corporal · November 2, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT MORRIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1968
- ALEXANDER A S PEOPLESSergeant · February 8, 1969
- MARVIN LOUIS HALLSpecialist Four · February 25, 1972
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.