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JAMES HAROLD WAULK JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 16, 1950 – February 20, 1970
Service recordJames Harold Waulk JR, of Washington Court House, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO I CAV 1 BAT 12 RGT
- Born
- March 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Washington Court House, Ohio (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO I CAV 1 BAT 12 RGT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 38
- THOMAS ALAN PORTERCorporal · February 20, 1970
- DAVID ALAN ROGERSSergeant · February 20, 1970
- CLYDE DEAN ROOTPrivate First Class · February 20, 1970
- CLYDE BENJAMIN TATNALLFirst Sergeant · February 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM WAYNE WOODSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 39
From Washington Court House
- JOE EDGAR BELLGunnery Sergeant · February 8, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES WINGSpecialist Four · October 13, 1967
- TERRY LEE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- EARL LLOYD COOKSpecialist Four · July 9, 1969
- JOHNNY RATLIFFChief Petty Officer · December 19, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD MICKLESpecialist Five · June 9, 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.