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JAMES WILLIAM LUNSFORD JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1950 – November 29, 1969
Service recordJames William Lunsford JR, of Chillicothe, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Chillicothe, Ohio (Ross County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 6
- RAY FRANK LONGFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1969
- KENNETH ALAN LUSEWarrant Officer 1 · November 29, 1969
- CALVIN BERNARD MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- JOHN EUGENE MATTINGLYSergeant · November 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY ALLEN EPPERSONCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 4
From Chillicothe
- GEORGE W COTTRILL JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 16, 1966
- PAUL WINIFORD HARRISPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT WALLERLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- HOMER EARL PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- DARRYL ALAN GALLAUGHERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM MOWREYCorporal · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- NYLES BERNARD SKYLESCorporal · June 17, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · August 22, 1968
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESSergeant · September 2, 1968
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.