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JAMES EDWARD SELF
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 4, 1947 – August 22, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Self, of Madisonville, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 32
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
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 2 BN 13 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- October 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Madisonville, Tennessee (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 32
- DWAYNE LAMONT SALTERLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE SANDERSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · August 22, 1968
- LAWRENCE EDWARD STEVENSONPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
From Madisonville
- HAROLD EUGENE LEESergeant · February 3, 1967
- CLARENCE EDWARD WATSONSergeant · July 19, 1968
- JAMES ARTHUR BORDENSergeant · May 7, 1969
- WINSTON OSBORNE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 14, 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.