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JIMMY CARLTON BETHEA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 15, 1941 – May 24, 1966
Service recordJimmy Carlton Bethea, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 107
- THOMAS RICHARD ANNISAirman First Class · May 19, 1966
- MAURICE ALOYSIUS CASEYSergeant First Class · May 24, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- WILLARD DAVID KEERANSergeant · May 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MILLIAN BATISTEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 106
- WILLARD DAVID KEERANSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 107
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.