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JAMES MICHAEL VIELBAUM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1947 – January 31, 1968
Service recordJames Michael Vielbaum, of Hartford, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Hartford, Wisconsin (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 40
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- DAVID LEE TURNERCorporal · January 31, 1968
- ANTHONY F VANHULLE IISpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MURRAY LEE VERONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL MONROE AMOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 85
- HARRY LEON ECTONPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 7
- ERNEST ELWOOD FREUND JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 9
- OWEN NIEL GARNETCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 9
- GUY EMERY GREENFIELDSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 11
- ROBERT MICHAEL HENDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 14
- ROBERT ANDREW HUIECorporal · Panel 36E, Line 17
- CHARLES AUGUST KRONBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 20
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 26
- JIMMIE PATTENSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 29
- BENJAMIN FREDERICK PITTSCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 30
- ROBERT WILLIAM SCHULTZStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 34
- JOHNIE B THOMASSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 39
- LUCION PERRY WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 42
From Hartford
- ROBERT GILBERT MUELLERPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- PAUL DAVID KUEHLPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- LARRY JAMES NICHOLSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 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.