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JAMES RUSSELL SOUTHEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 23, 1948 – May 3, 1968
Service recordJames Russell Southey, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 29
- SCOTT DOUGLAS REEDPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- GEORGE JAMES SINGLETONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- JULIAN SOLIZCorporal · May 3, 1968
- ROGER HOWARD SPARKSSergeant · May 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE ALLAN BROOKSSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 23
- JACK CRAIG CARCLAYCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 23
- RICHARD M MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 27
- WARREN F NICKEL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 28
- ALAN PAUL PAGLIARONISpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 28
- WILLIE LE EARL PONDERPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 28
- JULIAN SOLIZCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 29
- FRED PATRICK STAFFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 30
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 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.