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JAMES LEROY WASHINGTON SR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1945 – May 5, 1969
Service recordJames Leroy Washington SR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 8
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1945
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 8
- LOUIS SOLIVANSergeant First Class · May 5, 1969
- JOHN WALLACE STEWARTCorporal · May 5, 1969
- DONALD THOMAS TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 5, 1969
- ALLEN WAYNE ALLUMSSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.