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JAMES ROBERT DEVNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 15, 1948 – July 19, 1969
Service recordJames Robert Devney, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 18
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 18
- JOHN DWANE COSSEYPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE DASCOMBELieutenant · July 19, 1969
- WARREN K DAVISMajor · July 19, 1969
- BERNARD FRANCIS DEUTSCHPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD FRANCIS DEUTSCHPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 18
- THOMAS ELDEN ROSESpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 22
- ROBERT LEE ROY SEEKAMPPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 23
From Eau Claire
- RODNEY JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- GORDON HARRY BLEXRUDESergeant · August 24, 1965
- GERALD ARLENE VIZERPrivate First Class · May 30, 1967
- ERLING ALTON ANDERSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HAROLD JOHN MOECaptain · September 26, 1967
- LARRY DUANE TRAASETHLance Corporal · December 18, 1967
- ROY ARTHUR HUSSLieutenant (junior grade) · February 6, 1968
- LOWELL TODD PETERSONPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- RONALD ROY BLOHMWarrant Officer 1 · September 10, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD UTEGAARDSergeant · June 13, 1969
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.