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JAMES EMIL PAVLICEK JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1942 – November 3, 1967
Service recordJames Emil Pavlicek JR, of Hereford, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 17
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
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Hereford, Texas (Deaf Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Darlac Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 17
- DON POTTERSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- MICHAEL ROMANO JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- RICHARD WELLS SANDIFERPetty Officer First Class · November 3, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · November 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 13
- RANDALL WAYNE ERNSBERGERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 13
- GARY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 15
- FRANK J PAPASpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 16
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29E, Line 17
From Hereford
- ARTHUR CASTILLO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- STEPHEN EDWARD JESKOSergeant · October 16, 1970
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.