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JAMES THOMAS HUFSTETLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 31, 1947 – June 30, 1967
Service recordJames Thomas Hufstetler, of Acworth, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 88
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Acworth, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 88
- CHRISTOPHER PAUL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1967
- MICHAEL BARRY JUDDPetty Officer Third Class · June 30, 1967
- JOHN DEWEY KILLEN IIILance Corporal · June 30, 1967
From Acworth
- EARL LEROY POOLESpecialist Four · March 28, 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.