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JAMES WILLIAM AMBROSE III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1945 – January 31, 1969
Service recordJames William Ambrose III, of Crystal Lake, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Crystal Lake, Illinois (Mchenry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 23
- RONALD ARTHUR VANWAMBEKEPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- HOMER WESTPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- BOBBY DEAN ANTHONYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS ROBERSONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN RADEAN BETTISPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 28
- DAVID RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 28
From Crystal Lake
- SAMUEL P CHAMBERS IIICaptain · June 29, 1965
- TERRY JOE KENNEYSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- JAMES DAVID HACEKCorporal · September 26, 1968
- BUDDY EUGENE HENDERLIGHTSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
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.