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JAMES STUART HATH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1947 – September 5, 1968
Service recordJames Stuart Hath, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 41
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 41
- CHARLES HERBERT HARDISONPrivate · September 5, 1968
- GLENN OWEN HELKAPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- GLEN MICHAEL HUFFMANPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE FRANK JAWOROWICZCorporal · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MICHAEL BARBARECaptain · Panel 45W, Line 39
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 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.