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JAMES THOMAS LIKELY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 4, 1947 – October 2, 1967
Service recordJames Thomas Likely, of Georgiana, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 40
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Georgiana, Alabama (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 40
- EDWARD ARNOLD BIRMINGHAMPlatoon Sergeant · October 2, 1967
- SANFORD STEVEN JOHNSONCorporal · October 2, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH LANDORLance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- JAMES A NEISESSCaptain · October 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- IVAN CLAUS KINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 38
- THOMAS EDWARD JOSEPHCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 39
- CHARLES HOWARD KILGORECorporal · Panel 27E, Line 39
- GENE WENDELL LAYPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 39
- EDWARD ARNOLD BIRMINGHAMPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 40
- SANFORD STEVEN JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 40
- RICHARD PETER RUIZSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 41
- ALAN EDWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 42
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 42
From Georgiana
- WILLIAM MORRIS COOPERSergeant · September 7, 1968
- WILLIAM SHERRIL STINSONSergeant First Class · January 8, 1973
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.