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JAMES JOSEPH HEWLETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1948 – May 21, 1968
Service recordJames Joseph Hewlett, of Bellevue, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 15
- ROBERT LOUIS HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- DALE ARTHUR HILLPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- THEODORE ROBERT HOLLISCorporal · May 21, 1968
- BRENT R JONESCorporal · May 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.