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JAMES EDWARD LOCKETT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1936 – April 20, 1970
Service recordJames Edward Lockett, of Ansted, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1936
- Home of record
- Ansted, West Virginia (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1970
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 28
- KENT WILLIAM LONGMIRESergeant · April 20, 1970
- DOUGLAS FRANK MAHANCaptain · April 20, 1970
- DAREK NICHOLAU RICHARDSONWarrant Officer 1 · April 20, 1970
- STEVEN PATRICK STEELESpecialist Five · April 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENT WILLIAM LONGMIRESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 28
From Ansted
- THOMAS L TERRYSergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
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.