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JAMES MICHAEL CHEATHAM
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 30, 1949 – December 13, 1969
Service recordJames Michael Cheatham, of Morganfield, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 53
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Morganfield, Kentucky (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 53
- GARY M GRYZENSergeant · December 13, 1969
- BRUCE GORDON GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1969
- DEARING MICHAEL JACKSONPetty Officer First Class · December 13, 1969
- JAMES EDWIN MELVIN JRSergeant · December 13, 1969
From Morganfield
- ALFRED ELI ALVEY JRCorporal · March 8, 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.