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JAMES ELLIOTT DEWEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 24, 1946 – April 4, 1967
Service recordJames Elliott Dewey, of Glencoe, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 98
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Glencoe, Pennsylvania (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17E, Line 98
- JAMES WILLIAM COLLIERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- HARRY LEE DAVISFirst Lieutenant · April 4, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD GALBAVYPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- PAUL VINCENT HARRINGTONPrivate First Class · April 4, 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.