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JAMES ELMO SIZEMORE
Major · U.S. Air Force
October 11, 1930 – July 8, 1969
Service recordJames Elmo Sizemore, of San Diego, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 8, 1969, in Laos, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 86
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 609 SOP SQ
- Born
- October 11, 1930
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “609 SOP SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 86
- ROY LEE SINGLETARYPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD SISLEYPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- JOHN CALVIN TODDStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
- JESSE UPTIGROVEStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD VINCENT ANDRE JRMajor · Panel 21W, Line 80
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.