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JAMES LEE RUSS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 14, 1945 – December 26, 1967
Service recordJames Lee Russ JR, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 65
- MICHAEL RAY RICEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- GERALD LOYD ROWEN IISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- RENNY DEAN SCHOELPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- STEPHEN MICHAEL VUGASergeant · December 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD BERDYCaptain · Panel 32E, Line 61
- WILLIAM H CAMPBELL IIISpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 62
- ALLEN D FORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 63
- BARRY STUART KYLESpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 64
- STEPHEN MICHAEL VUGASergeant · Panel 32E, Line 65
- BERNARD FRANCIS POBLOCKCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 66
- THOMAS MILTON VANZANDTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 66
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
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.