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JAMES RONALD TREMAYNE
Major · U.S. Army
August 1, 1935 – April 17, 1967
Service recordJames Ronald Tremayne, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1967, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 43
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 1, 1935
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 43
- JOSEPH RAYMOND SMITHSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RICHARD LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- OTHEL THOMASPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.