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JAMES ERVIN WASHINGTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1942 – May 12, 1967
Service recordJames Ervin Washington, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 102
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 102
- DENNIS ARTHUR TRIMBLESpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT VANCEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH WILSONLance Corporal · May 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN AMATOLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP ARTHUR STRIZZISpecialist Five · Panel 19E, Line 1
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 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.