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JAMES GILBERT CASE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 29, 1935 – May 2, 1969
Service recordJames Gilbert Case, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 97
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1935
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 97
- JOSE CARMEN ALVAREZPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- FLETCHER W BOLES IISergeant · May 2, 1969
- NEIL SHIPP BROWNPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- DANIEL CARRASCOSpecialist Five · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FLETCHER W BOLES IISergeant · Panel 26W, Line 97
From Cumberland
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 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.