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JAMES R CURRAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 7, 1947 – March 19, 1967
Service recordJames R Curran, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 111
- JAMES A BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS J DANDOSergeant · March 19, 1967
- JACK MARTIN GOSNELLSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- WINSTON GEORGE HOLLENSHEADSergeant · March 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EUGENE JONESCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 112
- ALFRED JUDSON FORCE MOODYBrigadier General · Panel 16E, Line 113
- JAMES PATRICK NAILENPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 114
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.