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JAMES EDWARD OXLEY
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 28, 1925 – April 22, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Oxley, of Winslow, Arizona, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 22, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 72
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 28, 1925
- Home of record
- Winslow, Arizona (Navajo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 72
- MICHAEL C QUIREPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- IRA ALBERT RICEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- KENNETH ROY RORICKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- PAUL LEWIS STIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1967
- RAYMOND RIVERS TURNERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
From Winslow
- ALLEN FRED CHAVESPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- TONY SALAZAR OROZCO JRPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- JAMES LEE SCHIBILance Corporal · August 26, 1968
- JEFFREY CHARLES STOWEWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1969
- DAVID TOBIAS SOLISSpecialist Four · March 26, 1970
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.