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JAMES GUERDON SIGNETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 26, 1949 – April 4, 1968
Service recordJames Guerdon Signett, of Chesapeake, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Chesapeake, Virginia (Chesapeake (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 11
- JERRY WAYNE SHAINSergeant · April 4, 1968
- MORRIS RAYMONE SHEPARD JRSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- DENNIS SMITHPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- MARK GALEN STICKELSSergeant · April 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GERALD ELGINStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 2
- MICHAEL LEE FARMERPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 2
- TAHER FATHI GHAISSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 3
- DANIEL GUARDADOSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 4
- LEO BRENT GUNNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 4
- RAYMOND JUNIOR JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 5
- LAWRENCE HENRY KOCHERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 48E, Line 6
- ROBERT JOSEPH MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 7
- JERRY WAYNE SHAINSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 11
From Chesapeake
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- KERMIT ANTHONY RAYLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- FRED VINCENT LEELance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- DEWEY ALLEN MIDGETTPrivate · November 25, 1967
- LOUIS FRANKLIN STAPLESLance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- ELBERT ELISAH COX JRSergeant · May 1, 1968
- JOHN HENERY DIXONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- HENRY LARRY GOFFSergeant · May 25, 1968
- CLEM SPENCER LOWERY JRSergeant · May 30, 1968
- MELTON LAVONE KIDDPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.