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JAMES FITZROY GHEE
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 9, 1949 – December 10, 1969
Service recordJames Fitzroy Ghee, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 45
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 45
- ROBERT ROGER ALLMERSSpecialist Four · December 10, 1969
- CHAD LEONARD CARSONSergeant · December 10, 1969
- RONALD FLOYD KEENERSpecialist Five · December 10, 1969
- KENNETH WAYNE SMARRCorporal · December 10, 1969
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.