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KENNETH EARL JAMES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 21, 1947 – April 11, 1967
Service recordKenneth Earl James, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 14
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 14
- JOSE MARIA FLORESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- JOHN HARRISON HAWLEYLance Corporal · April 11, 1967
- AUDELIZ HERNANDEZ-PENAPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.