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JAMES LESTER ENNIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1953 – February 10, 1972
Service recordJames Lester Ennis, of Beech Bottom, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 105
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
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 2, 1953
- Home of record
- Beech Bottom, West Virginia (Brooke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1972
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1972. In February 1972, 46 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 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 105
- JAMES EDWARD MAXWELLSpecialist Four · February 6, 1972
- GEORGE HENRY TOUSLEY IIICaptain · February 8, 1972
- ROBERT EDWARD LUTZ JRLieutenant · February 9, 1972
- CARL DAVID JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1972
From Beech Bottom
- JOSEPH RODNEY CRAFTLance Corporal · November 15, 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.