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JAMES LOYD OHARA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1946 – July 7, 1969
Service recordJames Loyd Ohara, of Warsaw, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 77
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Warsaw, Missouri (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 77
- JOHN WARREN MANNINGSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE NEWELLSergeant · July 7, 1969
- BILLY EARL PERRYSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE SHAFFNERPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN KARL BROOKSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 74
- RONNIE LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 74
From Warsaw
- JAMES LLOYD PARSONSFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- NATHAN JAMES MANNCorporal · April 1, 1970
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.