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JAMES JOSEPH NEIDLINGER
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 14, 1948 – September 7, 1968
Service recordJames Joseph Neidlinger, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 63
- DAVID RAY KARRSergeant First Class · September 7, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE MACKEYCorporal · September 7, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK MCDERMOTTPetty Officer Second Class · September 7, 1968
- ERWIN GILBERT POWELL JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM THOMAS CLONEY IIISergeant · Panel 45W, Line 60
- LLOYD DOUGLAS DOERINGSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 60
- GEORGE ROBERT DORCHAKSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 61
- CARL NICHOLAS M HORNERCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 62
- CHARLES GLENN RUSSELLCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 64
- CARLOS DYRAL VIBBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 64
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.