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JAMES ELGIN NEELY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1944 – August 23, 1968
Service recordJames Elgin Neely, of Abilene, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 51
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 51
- CHARLES RAYMOND NORRISMaster Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- RICHARD EPPS PEGRAM JRSergeant Major · August 23, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD PERDUEPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- PAUL D POTTERFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HARNEDSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 42
- BILLY DEAN HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 44
From Abilene
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JRCommander · January 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
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.