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JAMES LEO WARNER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 31, 1942 – September 21, 1968
Service recordJames Leo Warner, of Warwick, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 59
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 31, 1942
- Home of record
- Warwick, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 59
- DONNY RAY STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- DAVID LEE WHITESpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
- MICHAEL NILE ANDERSENPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID ARMSTRONGPrivate · September 22, 1968
From Warwick
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES STERLINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- KENNETH BRADFORD GOFF JRMajor · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM COTTENIERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOHN BRYANT HEADLEYCorporal · November 2, 1967
- LEO PAUL DUNSMORECorporal · February 12, 1968
- ALFRED LEONARD TRIPPCaptain · July 25, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS PIGEON JRSergeant · August 21, 1968
- RUSSELL EDWIN NIHILLSergeant · October 21, 1968
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.