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JAMES RAY MONCRIEF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1947 – August 18, 1968
Service recordJames Ray Moncrief, of Cordova, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 45
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Cordova, Alabama (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 45
- THOMAS ANTHONY LEIGH JRCorporal · August 18, 1968
- ROY DALLAS LOWE JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- HECTOR LUGO-MOJICACorporal · August 18, 1968
- DOUGLAS SIDNEY SCROGGINSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY ROBERT CRUSESpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 40
- GILBERT TREVINIO DELGADOPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 40
- RONALD MATHIAS HEINECKESpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 43
- WILLIE LEE HENRYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 43
- RANDOLPH CHARLES KETTSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 44
- JAMES CLYDE KRAYNAKSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 44
- KENNETH LIONEL KROMSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 44
- ROY DALLAS LOWE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 45
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLIKANSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 48
- LORENZO SEWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 48
- MARTINIANO VALENTIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 50
- ARTURO S ZAMORAPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 51
From Cordova
- WOODIE LEE HICKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MELVIN LESLIE BENNETTSergeant · January 31, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE HIGGINSSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- LARRY PAUL BLACKPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE JONESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- SAMUEL DAVID SMITHSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ADRIAN ALAN AKINSSpecialist Five · October 25, 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.