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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: WHITFIELD
First name: JAMES LEMAR
Home of Record (official): AUGUSTA
State (official): GA
Date of Birth: Tuesday, September 16, 1947
Sex: Male
Race: Negro
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: PFC
Serial Number: 53608849
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11B10
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
L Troop 3rd Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Tuesday, April 4, 1967
Date of Casualty: Friday, July 21, 1967
Age at time of loss: 19
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Gun, small arms fire (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Long Khanh
The Wall: Panel 23E - Row 106
--- Interment ---
JAMES
LEMAR WHITFIELD
Oak
Grove Baptist Church
Stoney Bluff Road
Burke County, GA