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JAMES NELSON WYMER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1946 – December 15, 1966
Service recordJames Nelson Wymer, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 48
- ROBERT HARRY HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Second Class · February 20, 1966
- RICHARD LEE OTTEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
- ROBERT EARL PUGHSpecialist Five · December 15, 1966
- ROY RATCLIFFCorporal · December 15, 1966
- LORENZO CLARKSergeant First Class · December 16, 1966
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- FRANK RICHARD SILLSPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
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.