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JAMES EDWARD WISE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 23, 1946 – February 25, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Wise, of Gruetli, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 62
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Gruetli, Tennessee (Grundy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 62
- JAMES EDWARD WELLSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- LARRY ALLEN WESSINGERLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- JOHNNY GLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- LARRY LEE WOOLUMSpecialist Four · February 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTON GARLAND DALEYCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 45
- RODGER DALE HOLMESSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 49
- FREDERICK R RATLIFF JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 56
- THOMAS CRAIG WARNERSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 61
From Gruetli
- MARVIN FOSTER PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · September 26, 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.