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JAMES LEEROY NORTHROP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 17, 1941 – June 26, 1966
Service recordJames Leeroy Northrop, of Newton, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 98
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Newton, Kansas (Harvey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 98
- HACHIRO IMAEPlatoon Sergeant · June 26, 1966
- LEWIS JAMES JACKSONStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1966
- JACK DANIEL JOHNSONSergeant · June 26, 1966
- ALLAN HERBERT MACDONALDSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES CHUCK BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 96
- IVOR ECAROL BUNCHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 97
- HACHIRO IMAEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 98
From Newton
- CHARLES EDWARD SCATES JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- EDWARD CHARLES SOUTHERNPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS MARTINEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1969
- JOSE LLAMASCaptain · August 19, 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.