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JAMES RUSSELL OBANION
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 9, 1949 – April 8, 1969
Service recordJames Russell Obanion, of Florence, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 39
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Florence, Kentucky (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 39
- LE LUND MORRIS KAHLERSergeant · April 8, 1969
- ORVILLE LEE KNIGHTCorporal · April 8, 1969
- KEITH NORMAN MILLERSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- JOSEPH M ORLOWSKICaptain · April 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES ALAIMOSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 35
- ROBERT ALAN FULKERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 37
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GIUNTACorporal · Panel 27W, Line 38
- ORVILLE LEE KNIGHTCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 39
- ROBERT MICHAEL RASMUSSENCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 40
- LARRY DOUGLAS SIMPSONCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 41
- GERRAL AUBREY SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 27W, Line 41
- WILLIAM OWEN STEEDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 41
- VINCENT ANDREW TAYLORSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 42
- JAMES MELVIN TRUELOVECorporal · Panel 27W, Line 42
- JOHN EDWARD WALLACECorporal · Panel 27W, Line 42
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.