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JAMES HUNTER SHOTWELL
Captain · U.S. Army
September 13, 1940 – May 25, 1968
Service recordJames Hunter Shotwell, of Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 4
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Beverly Farms, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 4
- KENNETH RONALD SEMONSergeant · May 25, 1968
- BRUCE SHERFIELD JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- BERNARD AUGUSTUS SMALLSSergeant · May 25, 1968
- JAIME VILLALOBOSStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS J DAVIS IIISergeant · Panel 69W, Line 1
- DANIEL JOHN HOMMELCorporal · Panel 68W, Line 3
- HERBERT WAYNE MOODYCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 1
- ELMER WAYNE THOMASCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 5
- RICHARD JOHN WEIDNERCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 7
From Beverly Farms
- DONALD ALLEN CONTARINOCorporal · August 14, 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.