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JAMES MICHAEL LOSO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 29, 1944 – June 10, 1967
Service recordJames Michael Loso, of Pinckney, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 83
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Pinckney, Michigan (Livingston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 83
- JAMES LEWIS HAMLETPrivate First Class · June 10, 1967
- GREGORY PAUL KELLYLance Corporal · June 10, 1967
- JIMMIE HUGH MANTOOTHLance Corporal · June 10, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MAZZALance Corporal · June 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRANCIS STEVENSSpecialist Five · Panel 21E, Line 85
From Pinckney
- WILLIAM MARVIN LIGHTSergeant · April 5, 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.