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JAMES WILLIAMS FOLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 7, 1945 – January 26, 1968
Service recordJames Williams Foley, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 37
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachute Rigger (43E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35E, Line 37
- EDWARD JOSEPH CRAIGPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER CURTINPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE DEARINGPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- JOHN LEE REIDHospitalman · January 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE CLIFFORD BLOOMSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 36
- TERRY DEAN FINCHCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 39
- JIMMY LEROY JOHNSON JRSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 40
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.