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JAMES MELVIN GHEER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 10, 1948 – October 31, 1968
Service recordJames Melvin Gheer, of Springfield, Oregon, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 64
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Materiel Supply Specialist (76T)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 64
- PAUL RICHARD DRISCOLLWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1968
- RAYMOND MICHAEL ENCZISpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- PATRICK BEVERLY EPPSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- DONALD FRANK FLETCHERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE GILBERT BOURNESpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 62
- CHARLES RUIZ LEMUS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 65
- TOMAS REYES MESASpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 66
- MILTON DALE PATEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 66
- RONALD ALAN WOLTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 70
From Springfield
- JESSE ANDREW PYLESpecialist Five · February 7, 1965
- MICHAEL RAY WEBBLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- RONALD HAROLD JOHNSONSeaman · April 28, 1967
- JAMES WALTER CLEMENTSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- BOBBIE JOE MOUNTSPrivate · January 5, 1968
- FRED JASON SECRISTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- JACK CLINTON TAYLORCorporal · February 2, 1968
- DAVID LYLE ROSSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- TERRY LEE CRAWFORDWarrant Officer 1 · February 27, 1969
- TIMOTHY ROBERT OWNBEYSpecialist Four · October 25, 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.