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KENNETH BRADLEY JAMES
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 6, 1939 – April 4, 1969
Service recordKenneth Bradley James, of West Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 10
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 6, 1939
- Home of record
- West Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 10
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS GILMORECorporal · April 4, 1969
- IVEY JACKSON HAYESCorporal · April 4, 1969
- EDWARD ARTHUR HOPKINSSergeant · April 4, 1969
- J CLIFFORD JENKINSSergeant · April 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TEDDY CARL LOFTINSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 11
- ROGERS PULLINS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 12
- THOMAS HERMAN WEIGLEPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 12
From West Palm Beach
- ELMER L JUCKETT IIIPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- IVY THOMAS ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1967
- HENRY HWEY GAMBLECorporal · April 7, 1967
- HAROLD CLARENCE COOKMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · February 28, 1968
- DAVID LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT RAY DUNCANLieutenant · August 29, 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.