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JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 7, 1944 – May 23, 1967
Service recordJames Warren Cartwright, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 89
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 89
- RALPH W BLACKERBYPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES BOHMERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DWYERLance Corporal · May 23, 1967
- WILLIAM DANIEL FARLEYSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
From Eugene
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- WILLIAM GUY MUIRPrivate First Class · November 11, 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.