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JAMES GEORGE WITHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1948 – May 16, 1969
Service recordJames George Witham, of Franklin, Vermont, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 27
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Franklin, Vermont (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 27
- RONNIE GILMAN ALCOCKPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1969
- DAVID ALICEA-SERRANOSergeant · May 17, 1969
- FELIX ARROYO-SIERRA JRSergeant · May 17, 1969
- EDWARD DEITMANSergeant · May 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOE LYNN FOWLERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 25
From Franklin
- SANFORD RENE GABORIAULTStaff Sergeant · May 6, 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.