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JAMES MARTIN WITHERSPOON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 17, 1947 – July 29, 1968
Service recordJames Martin Witherspoon, of Oak Lawn, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 33
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Oak Lawn, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 33
- JACK MERRIEL STRONGCorporal · July 29, 1968
- JAMES LEROY TANGEMANSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
- JOSEPH RUMMEL WHITE JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1968
- WILLIAM RUSSELL ALMONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
From Oak Lawn
- TERRENCE LEE SOUHRADAPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- STEPHEN FRANK JALLOWAYSergeant · December 15, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL GILGENBERGLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- WARREN OWINGS KENEIPP JRCaptain · July 2, 1967
- BERNARD FRANCIS FORDAirman First Class · July 5, 1967
- BOBBY DANIEL MATHENYStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- JOSEPH SALVATORE PERYSIANSeaman · March 14, 1968
- RONALD LEE ZACHSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- THOMAS STEPHEN COLELance Corporal · April 27, 1968
- WILLIAM HARLEY GIBBS JRPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
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.