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JAMES JOSEPH AMENDOLA
Captain · U.S. Army
October 13, 1944 – July 29, 1969
Service recordJames Joseph Amendola, of Closter, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 68
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Closter, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 68
- MICHAEL WALTERSLance Corporal · July 28, 1969
- DAVID EDWIN WESTOVERSeaman · July 28, 1969
- HERMAN WHITE JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- MICHAEL CHARLES WUNSCHCaptain · July 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PERRY NATHANIEL BROWNINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 69
- JOHN FRANCIS MURPHYSergeant First Class · Panel 20W, Line 73
- JOHN WILLIAM WHISENANTSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 74
From Closter
- KENNETH WILLIAM SCHAUBLECorporal · June 6, 1968
- JAMES JOHN OSHAUGHNESSYCorporal · March 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.