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JAMES RICHARD POWELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 6, 1949 – June 17, 1970
Service recordJames Richard Powell, of Greensburg, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 61
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)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Indiana (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 61
- WAYNE CHARLES MOUSELSpecialist Four · June 17, 1970
- MARION DEWAINE OVERBEYSpecialist Four · June 17, 1970
- MICHAEL SHELDON SPEARSergeant · June 17, 1970
- JAMES RAY SWANGOCorporal · June 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD ALFRED GREENSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 59
From Greensburg
- PATRICK ALAN SHUTTERSFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- JACK RAY DANCEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD HASHCorporal · May 21, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL ACHER JRCaptain · September 1, 1969
- JAMES RALPH MORROWPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
- KENNETH BERNARD LUTTELCorporal · June 2, 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.