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JAMES LARRY DOWNS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1949 – March 7, 1970
Service recordJames Larry Downs, of Toney, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Toney, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 91
- GLENN FREDERICK AUSTINCorporal · March 7, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD BOWERS JRSergeant · March 7, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROCKMEIERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- CLIFFORD MORRIS DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROCKMEIERPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 91
- CLIFFORD MORRIS DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 91
- THEODORE MATTATW ROPCHOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 94
- CHARLES ALBERT VANHORNSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 94
- THOMAS JAMES WHITLOW JRCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 95
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.