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JAMES EDWARD SQUAIRE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – August 30, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Squaire, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 12
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
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 12
- NICHOLAS JAMES RYMONDPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD SMITH JRSpecialist Four · August 30, 1969
- GREGORY NEESE TRIMNALSergeant · August 30, 1969
- SCOTT MITCHELL VERNERSpecialist Four · August 30, 1969
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
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.