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JAMES FRANCIS ENGELMEIER
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 11, 1948 – June 12, 1969
Service recordJames Francis Engelmeier, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 32
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
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 32
- THOMAS MELVIN BRYANTSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- KURT WALTER FRANZINGER JRCaptain · June 12, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLAN FULLERPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- WILLIAM ELLIOTT GOODENCorporal · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN ROBERT ALDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 30
- MICHAEL FRANK DAVISSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 31
- GREY LYNN HAGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 33
- THOMAS MICHAEL MARCHANDPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 34
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.