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JAMES GEORGE LEE
Captain · U.S. Army
January 25, 1936 – October 28, 1965
Service recordJames George Lee, of Paso Robles, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 2
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 25, 1936
- Home of record
- Paso Robles, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 2
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- LARRY PAUL LUSSIERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- BELTON LYLES JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
From Paso Robles
- ROBERT RISLEY FRYERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- KENNETH DALE SCHWARTZSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- CURTIS HENRY CROPPERLieutenant · April 5, 1970
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.