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JAMES THOMAS GERMAIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1944 – October 29, 1970
Service recordJames Thomas Germain, of St James Heights, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 26
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 24, 1944
- Home of record
- St James Heights, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 26
- JOHN EDWIN STRAUBCorporal · October 28, 1970
- GERALD MARK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 28, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS FINDLAYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1970
- NATHANIEL LEWISPrivate First Class · October 29, 1970
From St James Heights
- JOHN ANDREW OLSENFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1969
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.