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JAMES MICHAEL KARRAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 3, 1945 – August 19, 1968
Service recordJames Michael Karras, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 57
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 57
- JAMES KEVIN KELLYLance Corporal · August 19, 1968
- DWAYNE ELBERT KEVERSergeant · August 19, 1968
- ALVIN HUGH LANGFORDSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- JOE EDDIE LOFTONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.