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JAMES LEE FELTY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 7, 1944 – February 19, 1968
Service recordJames Lee Felty, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 20
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 20
- STEVEN RICHARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM ELBENStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- TERRENCE EUGENE FEDORPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- JOSEPH KENNETH FISHLance Corporal · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BOONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 17
- LARRY WAYNE DARLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 19
- ADRIAN EDWARD SIGLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 31
- BERNARD EDWARD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 32
- KEVIN EDWARD VERPAULTStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 35
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 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.