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JAMES FRANK MEGA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1947 – June 24, 1968
Service recordJames Frank Mega, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 21, 1947
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 29
- RICHARD ALFRED JONESPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LAFFERTYSergeant · June 24, 1968
- ANDREW ALPHONSO LANGCorporal · June 24, 1968
- KENT FROEMMING MILLERMajor · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY NOBLE BARTLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 25
- TERRY WALKER CRESSELPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 27
- CARL LEE DOBYPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 27
- ERNEST MAEHUE HODGESSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 28
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.