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JAMES JOSEPH WINSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 7, 1952 – August 21, 1971
Service recordJames Joseph Winson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 135
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Vehicle Materiel Supply Specialist (76S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 7, 1952
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 135
- JOHNNY HOWARD CHAPMANCorporal · August 20, 1971
- JOHNNY EUGENE JONESStaff Sergeant · August 20, 1971
- MICHAEL JAMES GUIDRYSpecialist Four · August 21, 1971
- TROY ELLIS BRANTLEY JRSergeant First Class · August 22, 1971
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.