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JAMES IDLETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1946 – May 12, 1969
Service recordJames Idlett, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 72
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Atomic Demolition Munitions Specialist (12E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 19 ENG BN
- Born
- February 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 44 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 72
- RICHARD LEE HOPKINSCorporal · May 12, 1969
- ERNEST JOSEPH HUGHESSergeant · May 12, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD ISAAC JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD JERSECorporal · May 12, 1969
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
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.