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JAMES RAYMOND DUFAULT
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 5, 1946 – October 12, 1969
Service recordJames Raymond Dufault, of Moosup, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 70
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Moosup, Connecticut (Windham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 70
- ROY RUDOLPH WHITESIDEPetty Officer First Class · October 11, 1969
- GREGORY CARTERPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES GREATHOUSEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE JENRYPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE JENRYPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 70
- FOREST DENVER JOHNSON JRCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 71
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.