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JAMES OLIN FOGLEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 8, 1948 – May 18, 1969
Service recordJames Olin Fogleman, of Graham, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Graham, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 40
- HENRY FRANKLIN EVANSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- DAVID GARTH FINNEGANSergeant · May 18, 1969
- JAMES ROCCO FIUMECorporal · May 18, 1969
- ROBERT LEE FREEMANSpecialist Five · May 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAMES ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 35
- GREGORY GEORGE BECKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 24W, Line 36
- STEVEN BRIAN CALHOUNSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 37
- JAMES PATRICK CASEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24W, Line 37
- JAMES TERRELL COFERSpecialist Five · Panel 24W, Line 38
- STEVEN RILEY HUFFSTUTLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 43
- KENNETH JOSEPH JOANISPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 43
- ANTHONY JOSEPH ONEILLPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 47
- GEORGE EDWARD TACKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 50
From Graham
- DENNIS CURTIS KIDDMaster Sergeant · August 4, 1964
- JERRY RAY CAMPBELLPrivate · June 28, 1965
- HIRAM DILLARD STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- GREGORY DALE JENKINSPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1967
- MORRIS BLAINE JONESSergeant · January 3, 1968
- CHARLES E RUSSELL IIIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- TONY EUGENE SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · September 14, 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.