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JAMES THOMAS HEMBREE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1944 – July 14, 1970
Service recordJames Thomas Hembree JR, of Commerce, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 16
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Commerce, Georgia (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 16
- JAMES LEE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 14, 1970
- BRUCE CHARLES CANDRLSergeant · July 14, 1970
- PAUL GERALD GUIMONDStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1970
- HARRY ELMER LAUCKSpecialist Four · July 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL GERALD GUIMONDStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 16
- DENNIS WILLARD HUFFINESergeant · Panel 8W, Line 17
- WILLIAM EDWARD JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 17
- JOHN LOY KEISTERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 17
- TERRY ALAN PALMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 18
- GARY LEE SCHNEIDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 18
- KEITH EDWARD UTTERCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 19
From Commerce
- JACK MORRIS CARLANPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- GUY LYNN STOKES JRSergeant · May 16, 1970
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.