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JAMES FRANKLIN AUSTIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 26, 1949 – April 13, 1970
Service recordJames Franklin Austin, of Castlewood, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Castlewood, Virginia (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 129
- RAFAEL SALAS SANTOSStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
- JAMES CHRIS SHUKASSpecialist Four · April 12, 1970
- FRANKLIN DALLAS SUMMERSCaptain · April 12, 1970
- CHARLES ROLAND TOWNSENDPetty Officer First Class · April 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TROY VERNAL CANADYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 130
- JUAN GARCIA-GARAYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 131
- KENNETH LEON MCCARTYSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEE PENDERGASTSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 1
- LESLIE JAMES WATSONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 2
From Castlewood
- FRED TAYLORSergeant First Class · July 13, 1965
- ROBERT GILMER GARRETTSpecialist Four · February 10, 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.