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JAMES GOODWIN WHALEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 10, 1945 – December 13, 1967
Service recordJames Goodwin Whaley, of Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 89
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 89
- RICHARD DALE JENKSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 13, 1967
- SIM SMEDDLEY STEVERSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 13, 1967
- KENNETH R STUBBLEFIELDPlatoon Sergeant · December 13, 1967
- IAN WILLIAM ADAMITZSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GRADY ISIAIAH CARRIKER JRCaptain · Panel 31E, Line 86
- THOMAS WAYNE COTTONMajor · Panel 31E, Line 86
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.