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JAMES RUSSELL SAXON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1946 – June 1, 1971
Service recordJames Russell Saxon, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 62
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Glen Burnie, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1971; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 62
- ROBERT DALE MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
- DON MICHAEL RAMSEYCorporal · June 1, 1971
- ANDREW CARNEGI STRONG IIIPrivate First Class · June 1, 1971
- MARK RANDALL TAYLORSpecialist Four · June 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PAUL GERALD MAGERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 61
- ROBERT DALE MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 62
- DON MICHAEL RAMSEYCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 62
- DONALD LYNN WANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 63
From Glen Burnie
- ROBERT GRIFFIN DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- LEWIS JOHN FOGLERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES DOMINIO YOUNGHAMCorporal · February 27, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN TREMBLAYPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SHORTERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- HARVEY WILLIAM CARTERSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- WILLIAM REED STOCKSSergeant · February 13, 1969
- NORMAND PAUL PERRONWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- WILLIS FRANCIS HOUSEMaster Sergeant · March 13, 1969
- WILLIAM MARVIN STONE JRLance Corporal · June 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.