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JAMES KEITH AMEIGH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 28, 1943 – June 24, 1969
Service recordJames Keith Ameigh, of Akron, Indiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 5
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Akron, Indiana (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 5
- ROBERT CLEVEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- BOBBY RAY ADKINSSergeant · June 24, 1969
- RICHARD MAXWELL ARANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 24, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY BERRIOLance Corporal · June 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY RAY ADKINSSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 5
- FERNANDO DERUBEISSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 6
- ALBERT JUNIOR JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 7
- JAMES ALLEN SLATERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 10
From Akron
- ROGER D MANNSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- DENNIS MELVIN FAIRCHILDSergeant · January 15, 1969
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.