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JAMES MAURICE MOSGROVE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 7, 1941 – May 19, 1967
Service recordJames Maurice Mosgrove JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1941
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 47
- GUY ECKMAN MCNAY JRSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- EUGENE OLIVER OWENBYCorporal · May 19, 1967
- WALTER ALLAN PAIRANCorporal · May 19, 1967
- ALBERT JOHN PATRILLOSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MANCUSOSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 46
- ALTON SHEDDSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 50
- RONALD TERRY WALDROPPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 51
- CHARLES BRYANT WATSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 52
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.