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JAMES TIMOTHY SHEFFIELD
Private · U.S. Army
November 1, 1949 – December 3, 1968
Service recordJames Timothy Sheffield, of Tallahassee, Florida, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 36
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Tallahassee, Florida (Leon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 36
- STEVEN MARK CONNELLPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- DENNIS JOSEPH RUSSOPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- IRWIN NORMAN SOKALSergeant · December 3, 1968
- DONNIE MONROE STOKESSergeant · December 3, 1968
- HENRY SZORPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RAYMOND AUSBERNCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 27
- DON W BONNERSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 28
- ALEX BOYD CONLEYSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 30
- KENNETH GERALD GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 32
- ARTHUR LEE WARNERSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 37
From Tallahassee
- JACK MCBRIDE LISLESergeant First Class · January 1, 1963
- CLAYTON LEON CRUCEPrivate · June 21, 1965
- JOHN RICHARD BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSONCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DOYLE WELLS REEVESLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- OSCAR LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- DANNY WADE ALDAYHospitalman · June 14, 1968
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.