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JAMES LEAVELL PURSER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
November 25, 1928 – June 19, 1965
Service recordJames Leavell Purser, of Anaheim, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Born
- November 25, 1928
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 14
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- HAROLD ALLEN ATCHERSpecialist Five · June 19, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- DAVID GUY LUCASCorporal · June 19, 1965
From Anaheim
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- DENNIS ALFRED OCONNORCorporal · June 27, 1967
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.