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JAMES EVERETT SAWYER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 18, 1947 – June 14, 1969
Service recordJames Everett Sawyer JR, of Laconia, New Hampshire, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 49
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Laconia, New Hampshire (Belknap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 49
- KIM RAUPACHPrivate First Class · June 14, 1969
- DAVID THOMAS SITTONSergeant · June 14, 1969
- HARVEY NEWTON SLAUGHTERSergeant First Class · June 14, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL SNELLCaptain · June 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH KAZMIERCZAKCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 47
From Laconia
- JAY ALLEN HURDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1966
- PETER WHITCOMB MORRISONFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1967
- JONATHAN CHARLE WHITTICOMLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- DAVID A KREITZERChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 2, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES PLOURDECorporal · May 28, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL AHERNSpecialist Five · March 30, 1969
- GARY ROY SMITHSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
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.