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JAMES FREDERICK ASKIN
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 10, 1942 – July 20, 1966
Service recordJames Frederick Askin, of Port Charlotte, Florida, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 20, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 44
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- September 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Port Charlotte, Florida (Charlotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 44
- LAWRENCE HUMES WILSON JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- DARRYL GORDON WINTERSAirman First Class · July 19, 1966
- STEPHEN ANDREW ZUKOVPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- CLIFFORD SHERAN BRATCHERSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
From Port Charlotte
- TADEUSZ MARIAN KEPCZYKSergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
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.