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JAMES ERWIN RUSS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1947 – May 23, 1970
Service recordJames Erwin Russ, of Grayling, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Grayling, Michigan (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 87
- STEPHEN JOHN PERKINSSpecialist Four · May 23, 1970
- RICHARD THOMAS PRIDDYCaptain · May 23, 1970
- CECILIO ROBLES JRSpecialist Four · May 23, 1970
- GEORGE RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · May 23, 1970
From Grayling
- JAMES EVART BLAAUWSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- ROBERT LAWRENCE FAIRBOTHAMSpecialist Four · September 5, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES HATFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1970
- CARL WILHELM BORCHERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 6, 1971
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.