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JAMES STANLEY CLOSSON
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
September 21, 1947 – January 12, 1969
Service recordJames Stanley Closson, of Saratoga Springs, New York, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 75
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Saratoga Springs, New York (Saratoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 75
- DAVID THOMAS BREENPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JIMMY CARTERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- DOUGLAS KAMKEE CHUNGFirst Lieutenant · January 12, 1969
- CHARLES HENRY DAVISPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
From Saratoga Springs
- DENTON WINSLOW CROCKER JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- RICHARD D WHALENSpecialist Five · October 14, 1967
- PETER FRANCIS FONDASpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
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.