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JAMES HILLIARD BRASWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1949 – November 21, 1969
Service recordJames Hilliard Braswell, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 104
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 104
- JACKIE CARROLL WALKERFirst Lieutenant · November 20, 1969
- LARRY LE ROY BETTSSecond Lieutenant · November 21, 1969
- DONALD RAY BOYLESChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 21, 1969
- ERNEST J DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 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.