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JAMES STEVEN CAZARES
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
August 3, 1947 – September 8, 1967
Service recordJames Steven Cazares, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 8, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 33
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 33
- ROBERT MARION WARRENCorporal · September 7, 1967
- RUSSELL DESMOND WHELCHELLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- TONY LEE VAN WHITELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- JAMES MURL WILSONSergeant · September 7, 1967
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.