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JAMES ROLAND FIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 24, 1949 – September 5, 1969
Service recordJames Roland Field, of Pacific Palisades, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 38
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Pacific Palisades, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 38
- RONALD PEREZ CUASITOPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD FOUSTCorporal · September 5, 1969
- JACKIE LEE GOODNIGHTSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- CHARLES LOUIS HARRISStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1969
From Pacific Palisades
- CHRISTOPHER EUGENE RUBERGPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- THOMAS STOW HENSHAWLance Corporal · December 19, 1967
- WILLIAM C DELAPP IIILieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1968
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.