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JAMES JUNIOR DEW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 28, 1943 – September 22, 1968
Service recordJames Junior Dew, of Wilson, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 61
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Wilson, North Carolina (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; six of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 43W, Line 61
- ROBERT JOHN BYRNESStaff Sergeant · September 22, 1968
- RICHARD P CAPUTOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM FALKPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- ROSCOE GLOVER JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
From Wilson
- AMOS CARLTON WATSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- RUDOLPH WHITAKERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HORACE POPE ROGERS JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
- RONNIE LEE BRAYLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- JAMES JUNIUS RUFFINSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- ARCHIE LEE COOPERLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- WILBUR CORNELL GASKINSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · April 19, 1968
- EDMUND JOSEPH KELLYStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY TAYLORCaptain · May 23, 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.