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JAMES RAE SABOURIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 28, 1947 – November 3, 1967
Service recordJames Rae Sabourin, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- CO 1/50 INF 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 34
- ELBERT FORD PRICE JRCorporal · November 6, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE REEDLance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- PAUL FRANCIS REIDLance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- DONALD FRANK SANSONELance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- JOSE MANUEL SANTANAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.