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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: AMBROSE
First name: JAMES WILLIAM III
Home of Record (official): CRYSTAL LAKE
State (official): IL
Date of Birth: Friday, February 2, 1945
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Married
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: PFC
Serial Number: 54833276
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11D10
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
E Troop 2nd Squadron
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Start of Tour: Saturday, January 4, 1969
Date of Casualty: Friday, January 31, 1969
Age at time of loss: 23
Casualty type: (A2) Hostile, died of wounds
Reason: Other explosive device (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Binh Duong
The Wall: Panel 33W - Row 023
--- Interment ---
Highwood,
(847) 433-2852
Section 9, Plot R-B 222