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I V BOURRAGE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1932 – February 21, 1967
Service recordI V Bourrage, of De Kalb, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 68
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 31, 1932
- Home of record
- De Kalb, Mississippi (Kemper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 68
- JAMES EDWARD ADAMSSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE GELONEK JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN GILMORESpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
From De Kalb
- JAMES GENIUS CLARKSergeant · May 25, 1967
- LATHAN HOUSTONPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
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.