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JAMES ESTREM BOUSQUET
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 8, 1947 – April 24, 1969
Service recordJames Estrem Bousquet, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 38
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
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- 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 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 38
- DONALD D BLAIRCaptain · April 24, 1969
- JAMES ANDERSON BROWN IIWarrant Officer 1 · April 24, 1969
- WILLIE BROWNLance Corporal · April 24, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BUDZINSKISergeant · April 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD D BLAIRCaptain · Panel 26W, Line 38
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BUDZINSKISergeant · Panel 26W, Line 38
- DAVID GLENN KELLISONPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 40
- RANDALL RUGGSPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 41
From Cedar Rapids
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- JOHN WALTER WALLCorporal · April 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
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.