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JAMES LEE LOISEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 4, 1950 – May 14, 1970
Service recordJames Lee Loisel, of Swartz Creek, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 42
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Swartz Creek, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 42
- ROBERT ERNEST LOWESergeant · May 14, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD MIREMONTSergeant · May 14, 1970
- DEREK WILKERSON PATRICKCorporal · May 14, 1970
- THOMAS JOSEPH PETELAPrivate First Class · May 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN LEWIS BONEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 40
- STEEN BRUCE FOSTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 40
From Swartz Creek
- MICHAEL GUY THOMPSONCorporal · June 24, 1968
- GARY ROBERT WEATHERHEADChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 13, 1969
- ROGER DALE ROSENBERGERPrivate First Class · June 17, 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.