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JAMES WILLIAM CLEARY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1948 – April 29, 1969
Service recordJames William Cleary, of South Berwick, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 76
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1948
- Home of record
- South Berwick, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 76
- NICHOLAS LEANDER FRANZERSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
- BERT MORRIS ADAMS IIICorporal · April 29, 1969
- PAUL ANDREW BROUSESergeant · April 29, 1969
- SIMON DEAN JRSpecialist Four · April 29, 1969
- MARK HANNAY DIXONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ANDREW BROUSESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 76
- SIMON DEAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 76
- LESTER EARL DOWNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 77
- DANIEL EDWARD FECKSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 77
- ROBERT MORRIS FLANIGANSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 77
- WALLACE JEROME MOSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 78
From South Berwick
- RAYMOND LYN COLLIERFirst Lieutenant · May 23, 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.