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JAMES PRICE DEVANEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 29, 1949 – February 28, 1970
Service recordJames Price Devaney, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1970; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 68
- GEORGE AIKMAN FINTERLieutenant Colonel · February 28, 1970
- KENNETH MICHAEL FLASHNERCorporal · February 28, 1970
- ROBERT ELDRIDGE GUTHRIECorporal · February 28, 1970
- WILLIAM JOHN HODGEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RICHARD BAGGETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 66
- DONNIE RAY CHASTAINSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 67
- DOUGLAS MORRIS WOODWARDSergeant First Class · Panel 13W, Line 67
- ROBERT ELDRIDGE GUTHRIECorporal · Panel 13W, Line 68
- BILLY JACK ROBERTSCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 69
- EUGENE CARTERSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 70
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
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.