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JAMES NEWTON LAW
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 13, 1929 – May 4, 1967
Service recordJames Newton Law, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 38
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1929
- Home of record
- Martinsburg, West Virginia (Berkeley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 38
- JAMES SCOTT GRAHAMLieutenant Commander · May 4, 1967
- PAUL THEODORE KOHRCorporal · May 4, 1967
- ANTHONY EDMOND KUNZSergeant · May 4, 1967
- JACK RONALD LENNERSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
- WILLIAM E MCGINNIS IIPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALLEN BRYNELSENPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 35
- JOHN STANBOROUGH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 35
- RALPH WOODWARD CRYTZER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 36
- PAUL JONES DENNISSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 36
- JACK RONALD LENNERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 38
- WILLIAM E MCGINNIS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 38
- RICHARD K WHITFIELDStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 41
From Martinsburg
- CHARLIE KENNETH SCATESSpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- JEFFREY STEPHEN HATISONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- KENNETH EUGENE GREENFIELDPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- JAMES CLARENCE ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS BRUMBAUGH JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- KENZEL MEREDITH RACEYSergeant First Class · March 18, 1969
- KURT WALTER FRANZINGER JRCaptain · June 12, 1969
- KENNETH WILLIAM BOWARDPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- JAMES CALVIN MILLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- ROGER DALE COLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 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.