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JAMES RYOICHIRO WATANABE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1944 – September 26, 1967
Service recordJames Ryoichiro Watanabe, of Oxnard, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Oxnard, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 17
- HENRY PATRICK JACKOWIAKCorporal · September 26, 1967
- HAROLD JOHN MOECaptain · September 26, 1967
- HAROLD REYESPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JAMES LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARCHIE MONROE CARLYLESpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 14
- JAMES DONALD CLARDYSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 14
- JEROME CECIL HADLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 15
From Oxnard
- ROSCOE HENRY FOBAIRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- STEVE WILSON PAGEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHN PERRY GILLIAMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN BREDASecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1967
- OREN KENNETH MILLERSergeant · June 25, 1967
- CHARLES ALAN BALLAUFHospitalman · July 7, 1967
- LEONARD R LUDWIGSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
- HARRY CARL SARSFIELDSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZSergeant · October 24, 1967
- RUSSELL MOLDENHAUERWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 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.