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JAMES GEORGE DESCHENES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 9, 1932 – November 16, 1968
Service recordJames George Deschenes, of Bangor, Maine, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1932
- Home of record
- Bangor, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 73
- JAMES CRAFTSpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
- MANUEL DELUNA JRCorporal · November 16, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD HILLIARDMaster Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- RUSSELL ADDISON HODGESpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RICHARD HILLIARDMaster Sergeant · Panel 39W, Line 73
From Bangor
- WILLIAM E JORDAN IIISergeant · January 11, 1966
- CHARLES EDGAR STUARTStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- WALTER FORREST MERRICKLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS CALLINANMajor · November 11, 1966
- MARTIN LEE FREEMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- CHARLES E SULLIVAN JRCorporal · June 29, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER UMELPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- EDWARD LEONARD MANN JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MCHUGHCorporal · September 8, 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.