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JAMES GILBERT HUMPHREY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 29, 1947 – November 11, 1968
Service recordJames Gilbert Humphrey, of Shawnee Mission, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 49
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Shawnee Mission, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 49
- JERRY RAY HARDYPrivate · November 11, 1968
- THEODORE HARRISON JRSeaman · November 11, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN JACKSONSergeant · November 11, 1968
- LANE CARSTON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LESLIE BRATTONCorporal · Panel 39W, Line 48
- ERNEST LOPEZ MORAPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 51
- GARY ALFRED RUSTSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 52
- JOHN DANIEL SHERMOSSergeant First Class · Panel 39W, Line 52
From Shawnee Mission
- RICHARD LYNN MOWREYLieutenant (junior grade) · December 14, 1966
- LARRY WYNN PETETTSecond Lieutenant · February 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE WALKER SCANLANPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- ROBERT ORAL GIRDNERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- GEORGE DAVIDSON STONEPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT BALESSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE GLYNNPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- WILLIS ALBERT TOOMESSergeant · September 21, 1968
- LANNY JOHN WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1970
- CHARLES LEE HOSKINSCaptain · February 16, 1971
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.