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JAMES MICHAEL WALSH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1947 – August 8, 1968
Service recordJames Michael Walsh, of Quincy, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- 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 August 8, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 34
- JOSEPH PATRICK TOOMEYLance Corporal · August 8, 1968
- ALAN DALE TRUCANOSergeant · August 8, 1968
- LARRY JEROME TYLERSergeant · August 8, 1968
- ROBERT A VONBISCHOFFSHAUSENPrivate First Class · August 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DEAN BUSBYSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 28
- EDDIE DISMAYA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 29
- HERBERT E ILGENFRITZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 30
- JOHN ANDREW JABLONSKISergeant · Panel 49W, Line 31
- ZACHARY PHILLIP NEWPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 32
- ALLEN JOHN PRETNARCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 33
- PAUL ROSS SAVACOOL JRPrivate · Panel 49W, Line 33
- LESLIE JON TEGTMEIERSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 33
- ALAN DALE TRUCANOSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 34
From Quincy
- GEORGE WARREN UNDERWOODSpecialist Four · July 23, 1964
- EDWARD ALAN BRUDNOCaptain · June 3, 1973
- RICHARD JOHN VASCONCELLOSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM GRANAHANLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- BRIAN PAUL AHERNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- CHARLES LAWRENCE BIFOLCHIMajor · January 8, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PITTSPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- PAUL VINCENT GRASSOLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- RICHARD SHIRLEY DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- RALPH JOHN WILLARDWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1968
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.