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JIMMY CARTWRIGHT
Captain · U.S. Army
June 17, 1936 – June 23, 1964
Service recordJimmy Cartwright, of Mountainburg, Arkansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Born
- June 17, 1936
- Home of record
- Mountainburg, Arkansas (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1964
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1964. In June 1964, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 55
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- JAMES PAIGE WRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
From Mountainburg
- JIMMY DON SMITHSergeant · July 26, 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.