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JAMES MONTGOMERY WITHEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 1, 1949 – July 4, 1969
Service recordJames Montgomery Withee, of La Porte, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 64
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
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 1, 1949
- Home of record
- La Porte, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 64
- JIMMY DON WESTSergeant First Class · July 4, 1969
- JOHN CLIFFORD WOODCorporal · July 4, 1969
- THOMAS JOHN D CAMPBELLLance Corporal · July 5, 1969
- APOLINAR CASTILLO JRPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
From La Porte
- CHARLES W LINDEWALD JRMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1968
- CALVIN HART BIGGERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- JERRY LEE PETERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- ROGER WILLIAM PEDUESergeant · May 16, 1969
- JAMES MICHALSKIPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- DAVID RANDLE PORTERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- DONALD RAY MCINTOSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 12, 1970
- LAWRENCE EMIL LUNDGRENSpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- ALLAN JOHN MOORESpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- FRANCIS WILLIAM HARTERSergeant · November 9, 1970
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.