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JAMES EDWARD HYLMON
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 22, 1948 – March 8, 1970
Service recordJames Edward Hylmon, of Jonesboro, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 97
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 97
- DOUGLAS ROBERT JONESSpecialist Four · March 8, 1970
- JACOB LEE KINSERFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
- JOHN ELDON LOCKHORST JRCorporal · March 8, 1970
- JAMES WALTER MCCLURGSecond Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MACK C BUSTLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 95
- ROCKY YUKIO HIROKAWASergeant · Panel 13W, Line 96
- DOUGLAS ROBERT JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 97
From Jonesboro
- CHARLES JESSE FORDSergeant · March 10, 1966
- HAROLD GENE AYERSPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- HAROLD B KINGSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- RAY MORGAN KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
- JAMES EDGAR BOWMANStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT GENTRY HODGESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- EDDIE B STORYMajor · October 25, 1969
- LOUIS ROBERT TAYLORStaff Sergeant · December 6, 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.