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JAMES THOMAS KEARNS
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
July 22, 1929 – September 14, 1965
Service recordJames Thomas Kearns, of Port Washington, Wisconsin, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 14, 1965, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 83
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
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- July 22, 1929
- Home of record
- Port Washington, Wisconsin (Ozaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1965; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 83
- ROBERT ORME FRANKLINSpecialist Five · September 14, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- NEIL BROOKS TAYLORLieutenant (junior grade) · September 14, 1965
- BERNARD JAFFESergeant First Class · September 15, 1965
- JAMES IRVIN BOYERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
From Port Washington
- MARCO FRANCISCO MUELLERLance Corporal · May 15, 1968
- JEROME NORMAN DOLLCorporal · May 31, 1969
- PAUL LAROY BINDERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1970
- LON PAUL GREGORASHSpecialist Four · June 18, 1971
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.