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JAMES RICHARD HASH
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 24, 1948 – May 21, 1969
Service recordJames Richard Hash, of Greensburg, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 66
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Indiana (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 66
- ROBERT EUGENE GOODNERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- MARK JOSEPH HAVERLAND JRSergeant · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES E HAWKINS JRSpecialist Four · May 21, 1969
- KENNETH DALE PETTIGREWPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALBERT POTTHOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 69
From Greensburg
- PATRICK ALAN SHUTTERSFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- JACK RAY DANCEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL ACHER JRCaptain · September 1, 1969
- JAMES RALPH MORROWPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
- KENNETH BERNARD LUTTELCorporal · June 2, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD POWELLCorporal · June 17, 1970
- RICKY ALAN PATEPrivate First Class · October 13, 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.