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JAMES EDWARD PIVA
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 20, 1948 – February 27, 1970
Service recordJames Edward Piva, of Challis, Idaho, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 64
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Challis, Idaho (Custer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1970; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 64
- JESUS M ENCARNACION-COLONSergeant · February 27, 1970
- MARK SCOTT MILESSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
- JAMES TAYLOR PACEWarrant Officer 1 · February 27, 1970
- DANIEL VAUGHAN PROCTORSpecialist Five · February 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY CLARENCE BERRIERSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 61
- JAMES BENEDICT HEARDCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 62
- JESUS M ENCARNACION-COLONSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 64
- FRANK LYNN STATONCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 65
- CORNELIUS TERRYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 66
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.