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WASHINGTON L JAMES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 4, 1938 – August 27, 1968
Service recordWashington L James, of Shady Spring, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 42
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1938
- Home of record
- Shady Spring, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 42
- MICHAEL JAMES DERRIGLance Corporal · August 27, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER LYNN HAYESPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- FRANK HOWARD JOHNSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- JOSEPH KEITH KIRKENDALLSpecialist Five · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN STANLEY BAXTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46W, Line 37
- VINCENT ALLEN CLARKSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 38
- RONALD WASHINGTON PHARISStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 44
From Shady Spring
- STEPHEN RALPH MULLINSFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1969
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.