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JAMES ROBERT WHITMORE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 3, 1949 – January 4, 1970
Service recordJames Robert Whitmore, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 127
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 3, 1949
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1970, 529 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 15W, Line 127
- JIMMY ALAN WHITSONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- RICHARD C WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- WALDO ALVA WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1970
- BILLIE MICHAEL BEDSWORTHPrivate First Class · January 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY LEE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 125
- WALDO ALVA WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 127
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
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.