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JAMES JOSEPH CURRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 6, 1948 – April 1, 1969
Service recordJames Joseph Curry, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 102
- FRANK JEROME CARROLLFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1969
- LELAND STEPHEN CROWLEY JRSergeant · April 1, 1969
- WILLIAM ARTHUR DEBATESSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
- CARMELO DIAZ-ROMANSergeant · April 1, 1969
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.