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JAMES L SLADE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 14, 1942 – April 5, 1966
Service recordJames L Slade JR, of Cuero, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 2 BN 32 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- May 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Cuero, Texas (De Witt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 86
- LAWRENCE MCCREAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- CHARLIE REED JRSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- PAUL DAVID RODRIGUEZCorporal · April 5, 1966
- CARLOS J SANCHEZSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
From Cuero
- JESSE EMIL HERRERAPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ADRIAN JOSEPH IBROMSpecialist Four · December 9, 1966
- SALVADOR PUGA TRIANASpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE RAGLANDSpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
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.