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JAMES WALTER BETHEL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 25, 1942 – July 22, 1966
Service recordJames Walter Bethel, of Mcdowell, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 55
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Mcdowell, West Virginia (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 55
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ROY MAURICE BROOKSStaff Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- WALTER STONEMAN BROWNLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- EDWARD WAYNE BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
From Mcdowell
- MELVIN SYLVESTER HOOVERLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
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.