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JAMES FRANCIS SAXBY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
December 19, 1946 – November 29, 1970
Service recordJames Francis Saxby, of Holcomb, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 29, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 92
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Holcomb, New York (Ontario County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; 29 of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 92
- BILLY JACK HOGAN JRSergeant · November 29, 1970
- CHARLES A JOHNSON IIISpecialist Four · November 29, 1970
- ROBERT BRUCE JOHNSONTechnical Sergeant · November 29, 1970
- WILLIAM DANIEL KENNEDY IIICaptain · November 29, 1970
From Holcomb
- JOSEPH JEREMIAH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · May 18, 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.