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JAMES STRECHA JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 3, 1944 – April 2, 1968
Service recordJames Strecha JR, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 44
- WATSON UNDERWOOD JRSergeant · April 2, 1968
- WESLEY WILLIAM WHITELance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- WILLIAM GEORGE WILKINSPrivate · April 2, 1968
- DOYLE WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · April 2, 1968
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 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.