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JAMES EDWARD VAUSE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 6, 1944 – July 2, 1966
Service recordJames Edward Vause, of Wenonah, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Wenonah, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 122
- JAROLD A VEACHStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1966
- FRED B BECKERMANN JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER EUGENE BROOKSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES B BARTLETTSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 117
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 117
- HANSEL BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 118
- DENNIS LEE BURTONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 118
- ANTHONY CAPRIGLIONEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 118
- CHARLES LOUIS CHATMONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 118
- ELIAZAR EFRIEN GARZAPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 119
- DAVID EDWIN HERBERTCorporal · Panel 8E, Line 119
- MICHAEL FRANCIS JACKSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 119
- BERNARD EUGENE CURTISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- JOHN EDWARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- CHARLES VINCENT HOWARDSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 120
- LINWOOD BROOKS KRUGPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- FRANK OGBURN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- RUSSELL JAMES PEEKPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- JAY WILLARD REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- RAYMOND LEE RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
From Wenonah
- ELMER FRANKLIN POWELLPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- FRANK HENRY BUCKFireman · December 21, 1967
- VERNON POST JRLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM MOKUAU JRLance Corporal · January 22, 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.