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JAMES WAYNE BEDELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 9, 1950 – July 7, 1969
Service recordJames Wayne Bedell, of Vincennes, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 73
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Vincennes, Indiana (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 73
- LEROY WARDPrivate · July 6, 1969
- MICHAEL DEAN WEBBPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH ZELENKASpecialist Five · July 6, 1969
- DAVID LARRY BONESTEELSergeant · July 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LARRY BONESTEELSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 73
- HAROLD ANTHONY COXSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 74
- JAMES D KNOWLESSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 76
- RONALD EUGENE NEWELLSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 77
- BILLY EARL PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 77
- CURTIS ADRON STEPHENSSergeant First Class · Panel 21W, Line 78
From Vincennes
- BILLY WAYNE HEDGECorporal · November 22, 1965
- ROBERT JAMES ROSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HAYNESStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- JERRY EARL PRYSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- BRUCE EDGAR STRATECorporal · February 7, 1968
- DICK DALE HAMILTONSergeant First Class · August 21, 1968
- WILLIAM DENNI MCALLISTERFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1969
- THOMAS ANDREW HIGGINSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1969
- JAMES ANTHONY BAILEYCorporal · November 20, 1969
- CHARLES ALLEN COVEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 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.