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JAMES WILBERT DERBYSHIRE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 21, 1949 – April 15, 1969
Service recordJames Wilbert Derbyshire, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 86
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Bridgeton, New Jersey (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 86
- RAFAEL DELEON JRPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
- LYLE EUGENE DROWNSpecialist Five · April 15, 1969
- DOYLE DANIEL DUNBARSpecialist Five · April 15, 1969
- BRUCE GARY FRIELCorporal · April 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BILLY CLYDE ALSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 84
- STANLEY ALAN CARTERSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 85
- JOHN GIRARD GLASSEYSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 87
- MICHAEL EDWIN HARRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 87
- WILLIAM F HITCHCOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 87
- WILLIE BREWSTER JACOBSSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 88
- LAWRENCE OSWALD KELLER JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 88
- RALPH MAYNARDSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 89
- LARRY PETER TREGRESpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 89
- ANTHONY ALPHONSE PROIETTISergeant · Panel 27W, Line 90
- PETER TERENCE RASMUSSENSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 91
- JOHN LEWIS SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 91
From Bridgeton
- KEVIN LEE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
- DONALD WILLIS GEBHARTLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- IRVING CLARENCE PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- FRANKLIN N GILES JRSecond Lieutenant · March 27, 1968
- EDWARD ORLANDO WYNDERPetty Officer Second Class · April 1, 1968
- LESTER WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- OTIS GREENLance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- HARLAND M DAVIS JRMajor · July 7, 1972
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.