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JAMES HOWARD CARTWRIGHT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 14, 1947 – January 8, 1971
Service recordJames Howard Cartwright, of Decatur, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 32
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Decatur, Texas (Wise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 32
- KENNETH ROGER RUSHINGFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1971
- RICHARD EUGENE TABORSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
- WILLIAM CHARLES VASEYLieutenant · January 7, 1971
- DOUGLAS MARTIN BECKMANPrivate First Class · January 8, 1971
From Decatur
- HOMER LAMAR MULLINAXSpecialist Four · August 17, 1968
- PATRICK RAY SCOTTLance Corporal · July 6, 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.