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JAMES OLIVER DAUGHERTY JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 12, 1944 – April 4, 1969
Service recordJames Oliver Daugherty JR, of Charles City, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Charles City, Virginia (Charles City County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 9
- ROBERT MILTON BECKSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE CANTRELLSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- WALTER WILLIAM CHASECorporal · April 4, 1969
- FELIX M CONDE-FALCONSergeant First Class · April 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP CLARENCE STEINSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 13
- CHARLIE RAY MCDONALDSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 14
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.