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RUFUS LADELL JAMES
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
December 12, 1937 – June 5, 1966
Service recordRufus Ladell James, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 5, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 11
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 12, 1937
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 11
- ELBERT R HUBSCHMITT JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- DONALD FREDERICK LEUTHOLDSergeant First Class · June 5, 1966
- BRUCE ELWIN MANSFIELDTechnical Sergeant · June 5, 1966
- ANTONE PATRICK MARKSTechnical Sergeant · June 5, 1966
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.