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JAMES LESLIE DOWNING
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 12, 1948 – November 6, 1969
Service recordJames Leslie Downing, of Green City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 38
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Green City, Missouri (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 38
- DAVID JOHN GAMBLECorporal · November 6, 1969
- HERMAN DANNY GIBSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1969
- DONALD GENE HEDGECOCKSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
- RICHARD LANCE HONEYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES BENNETT ROLLER JRSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 40
- RAYMOND A SHOEMAKER IISergeant · Panel 16W, Line 41
- HENRY JOSEPH VADChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 41
From Green City
- OLEY NEAL ADAMSStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1966
- MARTIN ROGER LLOYDSpecialist Four · May 8, 1971
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.