The Wall › Panel 28E › South Carolina › Eddie Louis James JR
EDDIE LOUIS JAMES JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1947 – October 27, 1967
Service recordEddie Louis James JR, of Chester, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 82
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Chester, South Carolina (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 82
- WILLIAM RALPH HACKETT JRLance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- ANGUS LAFAYETTE HARECorporal · October 27, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
From Chester
- WILLIE JAMES MITCHELL JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- JOHN EARNEST MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- CALVIN DONALD DAWKINSCorporal · December 13, 1967
- ARTHUR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- CECIL JAMES CLACKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
- CHARLES GLENN RAWLSSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- JAMES CLEVELAND JACKSONCorporal · July 27, 1969
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.