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JAMES TAYLOR GLADDEN JR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
June 6, 1940 – June 12, 1970
Service recordJames Taylor Gladden JR, of Wathena, Kansas, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 12, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 47
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
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NAF CAM RANH USNAVFORV
- Born
- June 6, 1940
- Home of record
- Wathena, Kansas (Doniphan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 47
- JAMES DAVID CRAWFORDLance Corporal · June 12, 1970
- DAVID LEE EXPrivate First Class · June 12, 1970
- EDWARD LUCAS JAMES IISergeant · June 12, 1970
- STEPHEN EDWARD KRAJESKISergeant · June 12, 1970
From Wathena
- CHARLES MARTIN BELLPetty Officer Third Class · January 3, 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.