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WILLIE LEE JAMES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 10, 1947 – November 1, 1968
Service recordWillie Lee James, of Cape Charles, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 77
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Cape Charles, Virginia (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 77
- FLOYD W HOUGHTALING IIISeaman · November 1, 1968
- ARISTOTOLES DEL R IBANEZPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
- PAULL DAVID JOSESpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- SAMUEL KAULUHAIMAI KAHANASpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WOODIE JUNIOR DEANSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 74
- ALBERT LUMMIS GAY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 75
- DANIEL CHARLES PATTERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 3
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.