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JAMES J STRANGEWAY JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 15, 1943 – July 9, 1968
Service recordJames J Strangeway JR, of Clifton, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 8
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Clifton, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 8
- HARRY ADELBERT BARBERSergeant · July 9, 1968
- LINWOOD PRESTON RICKARDSGunnery Sergeant · July 9, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD THOMASLance Corporal · July 9, 1968
- FREDERICK REED WILLSergeant · July 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY IRVIN LEECorporal · Panel 52W, Line 6
From Clifton
- ALFRED PINOLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- THOMAS J DANDOSergeant · March 19, 1967
- BOHDAN KOWALSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY KRUGER JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN ZALEWSKIMaster Gunnery Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- LOUIS CANCIAN GROVESpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- RICHARD FRANCIS CORCORANCaptain · June 7, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES BILENSKIStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1968
- STEPHEN ROBERT STEFANIAKPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- HOWARD ELMER VANVLIETLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 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.