FORCE RECON Widener, James Edward

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Widener​

• FORENAME

James Edward​

• UNIT

3 Recon Bn (3 Force Recon Company,attached) (3 MarDiv)​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

2317507​

• DATE OF DEATH

11th June 1967​

• AGE

18​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 54 Site 507​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Churchville,New York​

born 12.11.1948 Churchville,New York​

son of Jay C. and Lenore Widener,135 Scottsville-Chili Road,Chili Center,New York​

a brother killed in Guam in WW2​

single​

graduated Churchville-Chili High School 25.6.1966​

entered service 25.8.1966​

KIA in helicopter crash 12 miles north of Dong Ha,Quang Tri Province,South Vietnam​

CH-46A Sea Knight (150270) (HMM-265)​

body not recovered​

Honolulu Memorial,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing (Court A)​

Grove Place Cemetery,Chili Center,Monroe County,New York family headstone​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 21E Line 93​

remains repatriated 5.8.2005​

remains identified 22.8.2006​

buried 10.11.2006​

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