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JAMES TITMAS III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 7, 1949 – May 26, 1969
Service recordJames Titmas III, of Panorama City, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 113
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- September 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Panorama City, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 113
- SCOTT EDWARD SAYLORSpecialist Four · May 26, 1969
- ROBERT H SIGHOLTZ JRCaptain · May 26, 1969
- JOHN MARVIN STENBERGPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- RALPH HEMAN CROWLEYSergeant · May 27, 1969
From Panorama City
- JOHN MICHAEL TOMKINSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- STEVEN DALE ZUCROFFCorporal · May 13, 1968
- BARRY MERCER STRAWCaptain · March 5, 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.