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JAMES POSTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 26, 1937 – September 9, 1966
Service recordJames Poston, of Hartsville, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Hartsville, South Carolina (Darlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 81
- EARL MATTHEWS JRStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- KENNETH LEROY SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- LEROY WILLIAMSLance Corporal · September 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES AZALOU BROWN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 80
From Hartsville
- JAMES PHILEMON TYNERFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1966
- CORDIE LEE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- EMMITT ROOSEVELT GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- LAWRENCE WAITERSCorporal · August 28, 1968
- ADGER EUGENE MOODYSpecialist Six · March 21, 1969
- JAMES LEE WILKSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- THOMAS PICKETT BYRD KINGFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 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.