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JAMES PATRICK ENGLISH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1948 – April 22, 1967
Service recordJames Patrick English, of North Andover, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 68
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1948
- Home of record
- North Andover, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 68
- PETER EVERETT COOKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- EARL K EASTERLINGStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1967
- OTTO ROBERT ENSSLINCorporal · April 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARSHALL HOWARD ISBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 69
- ROGER LEE VERWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 73
- HENRY LUE WEAVERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 73
From North Andover
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BYRONSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY DUNNSergeant · March 25, 1969
- GREGORY CHALMERS DAVISLance Corporal · December 27, 1971
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.