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SEVERO JAMES PRIMM III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
November 3, 1947 – February 5, 1973
Service recordSevero James Primm III, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 5, 1973, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1973
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1973. In February 1973, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 115
- DALE LEE DEWOLFSergeant · February 5, 1973
- TED B HALLENBECKCaptain · February 5, 1973
- JOSEPH ANDREW MATEJOVSergeant · February 5, 1973
- TODD MICHAEL MELTONStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1973
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.