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JAMES P BIRKS
Airman · U.S. Air Force
February 19, 1944 – May 24, 1968
Service recordJames P Birks, of Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, served as an Airman in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 24, 1968, in Thailand, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 4
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman (AMN)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- February 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Pottawatomie, Oklahoma (Pottawatomie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 4
- MICHAEL FRANCIS ANDERSONLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- FREDERICK V ARENS JRFireman · May 24, 1968
- STEPHEN LOUIS BEANPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD B BUTTONCaptain · Panel 67E, Line 5
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.