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JAMES R WORRELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 20, 1947 – November 23, 1967
Service recordJames R Worrell JR, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1967; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30E, Line 75
- LARRY LEE WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1967
- JERRY EDWARD BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- RONALD ALAN CROSEPetty Officer Third Class · November 24, 1967
- SYLVESTER WILLIAM WILSONFirst Sergeant · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LLOYD CATESMaster Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 69
- LE ROY EDWARD FLADRYSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 70
- ALAN JOHN IMPELITHEREPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 70
- RICHARD NELSON KIMBALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 70
- PETER J LANTZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 71
- RICHARD FLOYD MASONPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 72
- GARY DOYLE ROERINKPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 73
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 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.