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JAMES RONALD FIELDS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 25, 1948 – May 17, 1969
Service recordJames Ronald Fields, of Millport, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 29
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Millport, Alabama (Lamar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 29
- ROBERT WARREN ANDREWS JRPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1969
- DAVID ROCKWELL CROCKER JRCaptain · May 17, 1969
- LAWRENCE DEMILIOPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- JERRY LEW EWINGSpecialist Four · May 17, 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.