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JAMES JACKSON MOTES
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 3, 1944 – July 27, 1969
Service recordJames Jackson Motes, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 59
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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 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 59
- JOHN THOMAS MCDANIELCorporal · July 27, 1969
- MARK LAWRENCE MCMANUSCorporal · July 27, 1969
- GARY RAY MORTONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1969
- STEVEN NAGYStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1969
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.