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JAMES LOVES DELMONT
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
January 12, 1933 – June 10, 1970
Service recordJames Loves Delmont, of Revere, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Command Sergeant Major (00Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 12, 1933
- Home of record
- Revere, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 37
- GARY MICHAEL BOOECorporal · June 10, 1970
- DAVID CONCEPCION-NIEVESSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
- JAMES MIKE DAVISCorporal · June 10, 1970
- LONNIE ALLEN DYKESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LOUIS EVANSSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 38
- JERRY LEE HURLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 39
- CLYDE DOUGLAS SANDERSCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 41
From Revere
- ALAN JOSEPH OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- ARTHUR RUSSELL LEGROW JRFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLAISPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1969
- STEPHEN JOSEPH PENTAPetty Officer Third Class · August 12, 1969
- WALTER STANLEY OLINSKY JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 16, 1969
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.