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JAMES MCKINLEY LONG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 27, 1940 – October 5, 1965
Service recordJames McKinley Long, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1940
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 108
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- THOMAS ANTHONY DVORATCHEKSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- JESSE RAY HUGHES JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- BEN JOHNSON JRSergeant First Class · October 5, 1965
- ABELL MOSESPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILMER BLODGETTPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 106
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 107
- THOMAS ANTHONY DVORATCHEKSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 108
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL MURPHYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 109
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 109
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 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
- WILLIAM JAMES STEWARTSpecialist Four · 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.