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JAMES GARLAND SIDDONS
Captain · U.S. Army
February 13, 1945 – February 12, 1971
Service recordJames Garland Siddons, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1971, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 100
- ARTHUR EDWARD MCLEODChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 12, 1971
- JAMES VINCENT PICARAZZISpecialist Four · February 12, 1971
- CLYDE DAVID WILKINSONCaptain · February 12, 1971
- EDWARD SIMON WISSIGStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 99
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.