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JAMES EDWARD CHERRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 14, 1948 – November 30, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Cherry, of Scooba, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Scooba, Mississippi (Kemper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 10
- RICHARD ALLAN FITTSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS DAMRONFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN FOX JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- GENE FREEMANSpecialist Four · November 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM THOMAS DAMRONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 10
- LAWRENCE CASEY GARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 11
- ROGER RAY KERNSPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 12
- DONALD CHESTER LEPAKSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 13
- BRUCE JUN MORIPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 13
- KING DAVID WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 15
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.