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JAMES WILLIAM POWERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1937 – February 6, 1966
Service recordJames William Powers, of Lincoln Park, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- August 1, 1937
- Home of record
- Lincoln Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 7
- STEVEN P MOLLOHANStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1966
- DENNIS LACO MORGANPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- WILLIAM JOHN STALNECKERPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
From Lincoln Park
- GERALD ANTHONY KOSAKOWSKISpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ELI WAYNE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD DENNIS KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- RONALD LEE BECKETTCorporal · April 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE KLINELance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN NELSONHospitalman · November 14, 1967
- VAUGHN THOMAS ONEILPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- JOHN FOLDVARY JRCorporal · March 17, 1968
- THOMAS JOHNSON BRADFORDCorporal · May 2, 1968
- MERL RUSSELL MEADOWSSpecialist Four · May 25, 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.