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JAMES RICHARD LEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – May 12, 1968
Service recordJames Richard Lee, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 2
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 2
- EMMIT CHARLES DANSBYLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- CHARLES DUDLEY DORMANCorporal · May 12, 1968
- PATRICK LEROY MANSFIELDCorporal · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY BOB COENSergeant First Class · Panel 58E, Line 32
- ANDREW JOHNSON CRAVENSergeant First Class · Panel 59E, Line 1
- JACKIE GLEN LEISUREStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 7
- FREDERICK JOEL RANSBOTTOMMajor · Panel 59E, Line 11
- DANNY LEE WIDNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 12
- JACKIE RALPH SELTZERSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- JOSEPH LOUIS SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- ROY CHARLES WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · Panel 59E, Line 15
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.