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JAMES LEON COLWYE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 17, 1948 – January 24, 1971
Service recordJames Leon Colwye, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 63
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
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 63
- RONALD JAMES REVISCorporal · January 23, 1971
- STEPHEN LEE LINDSAYFirst Lieutenant · January 24, 1971
- CALVIN EDWARD MILAMSpecialist Four · January 24, 1971
- WILLIAM LESLIE MORGANAirman First Class · January 24, 1971
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 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.