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JAMES HERSHEL SAXTON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1950 – November 9, 1970
Service recordJames Hershel Saxton JR, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1970, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 48
- FRANCIS WILLIAM HARTERSergeant · November 9, 1970
- HARRY STANLEY MASON JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1970
- LUIS ERNESTO MUNIZ-GARCIACorporal · November 9, 1970
- HARRY THOMAS PETERSENSergeant · November 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EDWARD GERSTNERSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 47
- HARRY STANLEY MASON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 48
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.