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JAMES RUSSELL CASE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1948 – April 24, 1970
Service recordJames Russell Case, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 43
- DOUGLAS WOODFIN MURPHEY JRCaptain · December 19, 1969
- ERIC LAWRENCE TULLERSeaman · April 23, 1970
- ALLEN THOMAS WHITEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1970
- GARRY LEE WORLEYCorporal · April 23, 1970
- TIMOTHY GEORGE FRANKCorporal · April 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GEORGE GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 45
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 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.