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JAMES EDWARD TOOLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 15, 1946 – December 19, 1966
Service recordJames Edward Tooley, of Parma, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 580 SIG CO 69 SIG BN 160 SIG GRP 1 SIG GRP
- Born
- September 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Parma, Idaho (Canyon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 62
- JOSEPH THOMAS MCCREIGHTGunnery Sergeant · December 19, 1966
- RICHARD EDWIN POWELLSergeant · December 19, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER JOSEPH VIGHPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
From Parma
- FRANCISCO JOHN FLORESCorporal · May 21, 1967
- DANNY JOE MAGGARDLance Corporal · March 18, 1969
- LOUIS CRAIG EMERYSergeant · March 16, 1970
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.