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JAMES FREDRICK EISMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 7, 1944 – January 18, 1969
Service recordJames Fredrick Eisman, of Whittier, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 32
- JACK RAY DANCEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- HAROLD MICHAEL DAVIS JRCorporal · January 18, 1969
- EUGENE LEWIS DOTSONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- HARVEY JAMES DOUGLASPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE LEWIS DOTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 32
- DANIEL JAMES HOLTSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 33
- JERRY LEE WARBRITTONPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 35
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 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.