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JAMES LEE GETTER
Private · U.S. Army
August 18, 1951 – March 16, 1971
Service recordJames Lee Getter, of West Helena, Arkansas, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 18, 1951
- Home of record
- West Helena, Arkansas (Phillips County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 52
- CLYDE THOMASCorporal · March 15, 1971
- CLIFFORD EUGENE BENCHSpecialist Four · March 16, 1971
- GARY JAMES FUQUASpecialist Four · March 16, 1971
- LOYD VAN MCCARTHY JRCaptain · March 16, 1971
From West Helena
- BILLY STANLEY ARMSTRONGPetty Officer Second Class · June 16, 1968
- LEE ARTHUR WILLIAMSSergeant · June 10, 1969
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.