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JAMES WILLIAM GRACE
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 20, 1939 – June 14, 1969
Service recordJames William Grace, of New Iberia, Louisiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on June 14, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 46
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 497 TFS 8 TFW
- Born
- December 20, 1939
- Home of record
- New Iberia, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 14, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1969. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 46
- JOHNNY F DAVISFirst Lieutenant · June 14, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES DODGECorporal · June 14, 1969
- STANLEY OLIVER EVERETTPrivate First Class · June 14, 1969
- PAUL STEPHEN GOC JRSpecialist Four · June 14, 1969
From New Iberia
- KENNETH LEE FREITAGHospitalman · May 2, 1966
- ROGER CHARLES COLLETTEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- PERRY EDDISON THOMPSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES ELDRIDGEPetty Officer Second Class · December 13, 1968
- GLENN BURLEIGH RAOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- LARRY JOSEPH LONCONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1970
- DANNIE FITCHPrivate First Class · May 13, 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.