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JAMES A RUSSELL III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1947 – May 29, 1968
Service recordJames A Russell III, of New Market, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 30, 1947
- Home of record
- New Market, Tennessee (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 12
- JAMES LESLIE PRIDEMOREPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- FREDERICK FRANKLIN RAY JRLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- RODDNEY ALLEN RODDAMPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- MARK CHARLES ROKASKILance Corporal · May 29, 1968
From New Market
- JAMES RONALD RAINWATERCorporal · July 2, 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.