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JAMES EDWIN VERNOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1948 – August 7, 1968
Service recordJames Edwin Vernor, of Maple Valley, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 27
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Maple Valley, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 27
- WILLIAM J THIESFELDT-COLLAZOSergeant · August 7, 1968
- JAMES EARL TURNERSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- WALTER LEE WALLSPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- ALDERMAN CARROWAY WEST JRStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD HENRY MABRYCaptain · Panel 49W, Line 24
From Maple Valley
- EVERETT BARL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 19, 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.