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JAMES HOWARD UNRUH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1947 – May 31, 1970
Service recordJames Howard Unruh, of Stevens, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Stevens, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 128
- JERRY LENWOOD THOMPSONSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
- KURTESS HOWARD WALKERSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
- BEN WILLIAMSMaster Sergeant · May 31, 1970
- CALVIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HOMER VIRGIL LEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 125
- FRANK MICHAEL PERRY JRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 126
- CALVIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 128
- STUART ALAN WOODMANCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 129
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.