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JAMES KENNETH EMCH
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 27, 1950 – July 29, 1970
Service recordJames Kenneth Emch, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1970, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 65
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 65
- STEPHEN WAYNE BANCROFTCorporal · July 29, 1970
- ROGER JAMES CARRSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
- JACK HOWARD DILLONSpecialist Five · July 29, 1970
- NICK ULYSSES FLEENERSpecialist Five · July 29, 1970
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.