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JAMES LESLIE PRIDEMORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 2, 1949 – May 29, 1968
Service recordJames Leslie Pridemore, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 12
- FREDERICK FRANKLIN RAY JRLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- RODDNEY ALLEN RODDAMPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- MARK CHARLES ROKASKILance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- JAMES A RUSSELL IIICorporal · May 29, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.