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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James Hines Alexander.

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JAMES HINES ALEXANDER

Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army

July 27, 1938 – February 7, 1970

Service record

James Hines Alexander, of Lizton, Indiana, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14W · Line 110

Position of Panel 14W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
Unit (as recorded)
610 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD
Born
July 27, 1938
Home of record
Lizton, Indiana (Hendricks County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 7, 1970
Age
31
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

20 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 14W, Line 110

From Lizton

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.