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JAMES RAY INBODEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 13, 1946 – March 5, 1968
Service recordJames Ray Inboden, of Robinson, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 7
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Robinson, Illinois (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 7
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- JULIUS JAKE HOWARD JRPrivate · March 5, 1968
- LUCIOUS HUTCHINSStaff Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MARTIN DLUZAKSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 5
From Robinson
- GEORGE BURNS HAYSCaptain · June 13, 1967
- ARTHUR CLEON ROESLERSpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
- WILLIAM DEBRECE CODYFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1969
- ROBERT GENE MOORESpecialist Four · November 30, 1970
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.