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JAMES PATRICK DELANEY
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
December 17, 1949 – November 10, 1971
Service recordJames Patrick Delaney, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 64
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1971; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 64
- EARL DUANE BARKLEYSergeant · November 9, 1971
- JAMES PATRICK MALONEY JRPrivate First Class · November 9, 1971
- DAVID JAMES WATSONSpecialist Four · November 9, 1971
- JOHN MICHAEL CLARKSergeant · November 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL CLARKSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 64
- HENRY FLOYD DELLECKERSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 65
- DENNIS MICHAEL HIGGINSSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 65
- FRANCIS JAMES KLASSENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 65
From Lorain
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 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.