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JAMES ISAH E DANFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 10, 1945 – January 7, 1967
Service recordJames Isah E Danford, of Chipley, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 121
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Chipley, Florida (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 121
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD ELWOOD FINKCorporal · January 7, 1967
- SAMUEL DIGGES FREEMAN IIICaptain · January 7, 1967
- CONLEY R GARLANDSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANNY CLEON BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 119
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 120
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 124
From Chipley
- EARNEST EARL SHEFFIELDPrivate First Class · December 15, 1968
- ELTON LLOYD SEARCYChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 25, 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.