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JAMES EDWARD HELTON
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 3, 1932 – January 15, 1966
Service recordJames Edward Helton, of Fulton, Arkansas, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1932
- Home of record
- Fulton, Arkansas (Hempstead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 73
- ANDRES GARCIASpecialist Four · January 14, 1966
- JOSE RAMO PAGAN-CARTAGENASergeant · January 14, 1966
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- JESSE HOWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · January 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 73
- JESSE HOWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 73
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 74
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.