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CLAUDE RAY JAMES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 21, 1947 – August 27, 1967
Service recordClaude Ray James, of Oakland, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 51
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 51
- OWEN H WEBSTERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- LARRY JAMES GRICELance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- ROBERT FREDERICK HAINESStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- BRUCE ALLAN JENSENLieutenant Colonel · August 27, 1967
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.