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JAMES HARRY SACHASCHIK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 19, 1949 – February 24, 1970
Service recordJames Harry Sachaschik, of Dolton, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 52
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)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Dolton, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 52
- PATRICK LEROY SMITHCaptain · February 24, 1970
- HENRY LOUIS VALO JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- WALTER LEE WILSON JRSergeant · February 24, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
From Dolton
- LARRY CHANDLER WESTPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH LENOVERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- DALE ALAN BISHOPPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- HAROLD DEAN SPRAGGSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN SCHNELLER JRPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- DAVID KNOXLance Corporal · June 8, 1968
- JAMES CLARKE BEAVERCorporal · November 4, 1969
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.