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JOHN RAY HELMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1948 – September 26, 1970
Service recordJohn Ray Helms, of Littleton, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 92
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Littleton, Colorado (Arapahoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 92
- FREDERICK PHILLIP BROYLESSpecialist Four · September 26, 1970
- JOHN FRANCIS BUESCHERSergeant · September 26, 1970
- DONALD DWIGHT CRAW JRCaptain · September 26, 1970
- DONALD ALLEN HALL JRSergeant · September 26, 1970
From Littleton
- DAVID LOUIS HRDLICKALieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1965
- PATRICK JOSEPH HANNONLance Corporal · September 4, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL GILCHRISTMajor · October 7, 1966
- RODGER EDSON TERWILLIGERStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- JEROME JOSEPH RINGENBERGSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1967
- ALVA NORTEN MYRICK IISergeant · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK MARTINPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM HECKSergeant · February 18, 1968
- RUSSELL LEWIS WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WORRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 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.