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JAMES EDWARD FIELDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 27, 1946 – June 20, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Fields, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 24
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 27, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 24
- BEN COYSpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
- CHARLES LIGON CRONKRITEMajor · June 20, 1967
- LESLIE EUGENE ENGELHARTLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD KENNETH WELLSPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 27
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.