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JAMES RONALD SECHREST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 13, 1945 – August 15, 1966
Service recordJames Ronald Sechrest, of Hammond, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Hammond, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 10
- DERRELL KEITH SHARPSergeant · August 15, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS SMITH JRPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HECTOR SANTOS ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 6
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 10
- RAYMOND STEPTOEPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 11
- CHARLES WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 12
From Hammond
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- JAMES EDMUND KEELERCorporal · March 19, 1966
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH MARKOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAKAirman · February 4, 1968
- STEVE WILLIAM LEWICKISpecialist Four · February 12, 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.