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JAMES RICHARD DUFAULT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 20, 1945 – June 22, 1966
Service recordJames Richard Dufault, of Berwick, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 74
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Berwick, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 74
- ROBERT C BOICOURTSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- EDMUND DAVID BRENT JRStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- JAMES E FULLERPrivate · June 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT C BOICOURTSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 74
- CECIL HUYLERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 75
- GARY ALLEN ISAACSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 75
- RUDOLPH CARL SELENKA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 77
- PRISHARDO JOSE T TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 78
From Berwick
- JOHN WALLACE KNIGHTSergeant · January 21, 1968
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.