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JAMES EDWARD MIDDLETON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1937 – October 16, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Middleton, of Grandview, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Repairer (31E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 44 SIG BN 160 SIG GRP 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- January 23, 1937
- Home of record
- Grandview, Indiana (Spencer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 16
- JOSE LOPEZSergeant · October 16, 1967
- CLAYTON ARTHUR MARTINSpecialist Four · October 16, 1967
- DENZELL RAY MILLSPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
- JAMES W PRATHERPrivate First Class · October 16, 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.