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JAMES L HUDSPETH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1943 – March 26, 1966
Service recordJames L Hudspeth, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 51
- GERALD ARTHUR LETENDRELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- CLARENCE ALBERT WHITEHEADSergeant · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- RICHARD KENNETH HILLPrivate First Class · March 26, 1966
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.