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JAMES PORTWOOD JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 1, 1947 – May 14, 1970
Service recordJames Portwood JR, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 43
- SILVESTRE MARTINEZ RIVERASergeant · May 14, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE SCHMIDTStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1970
- HERMAN SERNASpecialist Five · May 14, 1970
- JACK RUSSELL SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · May 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DOUGLAS BLAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 38
- STEPHEN C CHASINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 39
- RAYMOND HENRY KRUG JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 41
- THOMAS JOHN LARKIN IICaptain · Panel 10W, Line 41
- HERMAN SERNASpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 43
- JACK RUSSELL SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 43
- KENT CHILDS TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 44
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 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.