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JAMES EDWARD HACKETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 19, 1952 – June 11, 1972
Service recordJames Edward Hackett, of Bradenton, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1972, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 40
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 19, 1952
- Home of record
- Bradenton, Florida (Manatee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1972; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 40
- WAYNE BIBBSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1972
- TERRY LYNN HOCHSTETLERSergeant · June 11, 1972
- ARNOLD EDWARD HOLM JRCaptain · June 11, 1972
- JAMES RUSSELL MCQUADEFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1972
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE BIBBSPrivate First Class · Panel 1W, Line 40
- ARNOLD EDWARD HOLM JRCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 40
- JAMES RUSSELL MCQUADEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1W, Line 40
- ROBIN RAY YEAKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 41
From Bradenton
- ROBERT BREWSTER LOWEFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- HAROLD STANLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- JOHN R VANNORMAN IIILance Corporal · June 14, 1967
- BLAKELY IRVING DAVIS JRHospitalman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES HAROLD BEAVERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- FRED CARLTON JENKINSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1968
- DALE WARREN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- SHERRY JOE HADLEYCorporal · May 27, 1968
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · August 14, 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.