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JAMES VERNON HEMBREE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 23, 1947 – September 6, 1967
Service recordJames Vernon Hembree, of Loogootee, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 10
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Loogootee, Indiana (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 10
- DALE ALAN GUNNELLCorporal · September 6, 1967
- JERRY HOGUE HEIZERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- DONALD RAY HENRYLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- PATRICK HERRONLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JESSIE LEE BARLOWStaff Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 5
- PAUL LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 9
- LOREN LEE MORFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 14
- WALTER MACK PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 15
- WINSTON TERRY ROBINSONCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 16
- J D SINGLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 17
- PRYOR L WHEATFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 20
From Loogootee
- MICHAEL EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · August 9, 1968
- THOMAS STEVEN HICKMANCorporal · August 26, 1970
- CHARLES RAYMOND CONOVERStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1970
- TIMOTHY JOHN OCONNORPrivate First Class · October 23, 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.