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JAMES EDWARD PRESSLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 20, 1947 – April 1, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Pressley, of La Grange, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1947
- Home of record
- La Grange, Georgia (Troup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967; 21 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 87
- ROLAND HAYES HOWELLPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- RAYMOND FRANCIS QUINNSergeant · April 1, 1967
- JOHN OWEN RHODESLance Corporal · April 1, 1967
- CONFESOR RIVERA-MARTESSergeant First Class · April 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FREDDY L AMICKSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 83
- EARNEST CAESAR BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 84
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 84
- PHILLIP GRANTSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 85
- JOHN KING HARGRAVEPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 85
- RAY WESLEY RHODUSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 85
- ROLAND HAYES HOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 87
- BENNIE HOWARD STRAITPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 88
- DAVID F TAYLOR IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 89
- SAMMIE LEE WATTPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 89
- JAMES LE ROY WEHRPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 90
From La Grange
- GRADY KEITH EMBREYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1965
- LAWRENCE DAVID KESLERSpecialist Four · June 25, 1966
- MARVIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- LEONARD HOWARD SMITHLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- JOHNNY STEVE ROTTONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- BENNIE LOUIS MARTINSergeant · February 14, 1968
- THOMAS MITCHELL WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- HOLLIS RONNEY NORRIDSergeant · July 1, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBINSONCorporal · August 24, 1968
- ALTON DARNELL WOODRUFFStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1969
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.