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JAMES EDWARD SPARKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1948 – December 18, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Sparks, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 42
- HAROLD RAY REEVESSpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- ROY HENRY SHEFFIELDCorporal · December 18, 1968
- DANNY WILLIAM TIFFTLance Corporal · December 18, 1968
- RUSSEL JOSEPH WHITTINGTONPrivate First Class · December 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER CLAIR MCCORDCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 41
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.