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JAMES RAY MUTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 19, 1949 – March 7, 1970
Service recordJames Ray Muth, of Coos Bay, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Coos Bay, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 94
- MARVIN LEE RINGOENSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- THEODORE MATTATW ROPCHOCKSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- ANDREW WILLIAM SMITHSergeant · March 7, 1970
- CHARLES ALBERT VANHORNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY WISHONCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 95
From Coos Bay
- MONTY DUWAYNE BUTTONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED HOLLADAYSergeant · July 15, 1967
- ROBERT ROLAND WATROUSCorporal · August 16, 1967
- RICHARD LEE DOOLEYPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDGAR JOHN UDELLSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
- DENNIS CARL SHIVELYLance Corporal · March 24, 1968
- GRADY RAY NELSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- MICHAEL HOWARD CAVANAGHPetty Officer Second Class · June 2, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES STRAUSERSergeant First Class · February 2, 1971
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.