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JAMES PATRICK RAWLINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 4, 1949 – September 17, 1968
Service recordJames Patrick Rawlins, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 20
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 20
- WILLIAM TERRY PRATTSergeant · September 17, 1968
- PAUL MICHAEL PRESSERPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- THOMAS RONNIE RANGE JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- STEVEN JOHN REICHARDTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 12
- COLOMBO PHIL DELTERZOSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 13
- FRANK JOSEPH MCMANUSPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 18
- ALBERT WILSON SIRMANS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 22
- RONALD WALTER ZYDELPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 24
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
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.