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JAMES M TREESH
Captain · U.S. Army
June 9, 1940 – May 3, 1970
Service recordJames M Treesh, of Kendallville, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (9301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 9, 1940
- Home of record
- Kendallville, Indiana (Noble County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 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 11W, Line 93
- THOMAS TIMOTHY SMITHSpecialist Six · May 3, 1970
- EDWARD WILSON STONESpecialist Four · May 3, 1970
- KENNETH BEN THOMASSpecialist Four · May 3, 1970
- GLEN ROBERT WITYCYAKStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR ELVIN LACHANCEStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 92
From Kendallville
- REX WILLIAM ACKERMANPrivate First Class · April 19, 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.