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JAMES LEROY RUSSELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 25, 1947 – April 23, 1967
Service recordJames Leroy Russell, of Anson, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Anson, Texas (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 76
- CHARLES ROBERT NUNNPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- RANDALL BRIAN RAINVILLEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- FREDERICK CHARLES SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- ROBERT CLAYTON STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN LYNN COLOPYSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 74
- JIMMIE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 75
- CHARLES ROBERT NUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 76
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.