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JAMES GREGORY MESA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 24, 1948 – September 30, 1968
Service recordJames Gregory Mesa, of Jamul, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Jamul, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 48
- GLENN ROBERT LAWFIELDSpecialist Four · September 30, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE LAZICKIFirst Lieutenant · September 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES MARTINSpecialist Four · September 30, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER MILLERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DALTONPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 46
- JOHNNY THOMAS FULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 46
- EDWARD GOLDAPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 46
- ULYS FORD HAMILTONPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 47
- ALBERTO HERNANDEZ-VELEZPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 47
- CHARLES ALLEN HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 47
- KENNETH WALTER MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 48
- RICHARD LARRY MCCLAINPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 49
- HARRISON BENJAMIN SHAUGERPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 50
- TIMOTHY DAVID SINESSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 50
- RONALD STUCKYSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 51
- HAMP EDWIN ZORNESPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 52
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.