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JAMES MICHAEL DERDA
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 9, 1945 – April 7, 1969
Service recordJames Michael Derda, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 29
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 29
- KENNETH ROBERT BIRDSergeant · April 7, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR BISHOPSpecialist Four · April 7, 1969
- ROBERT MCLAIN COCHRAN JRSpecialist Four · April 7, 1969
- FLOYD ANDREW DEALSergeant · April 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 28
- THOMAS EUGENE HOOVERSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 31
- ROBERT WILLIAM SNYDERPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 34
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.