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JAMES ALBERT CORE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1934 – October 27, 1967
Service recordJames Albert Core, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 80
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 21, 1934
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 80
- JESSE NATHANIEL CLAYTONCorporal · October 27, 1967
- DOUGLAS FRANK CLEMMONSPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- LORENZA CONNERCaptain · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT PAUL COOKSpecialist Four · October 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DUANE CHARLES AKKERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 77
- ROBERT PAUL COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 80
- EVARISTO MARTINEZ IIISpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 81
- JOHN HENRY LANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 83
- JAMES LEATHERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 83
- TERRY LEE MALOYSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 83
- ARTHUR FRED MIRAMONTESPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 84
- MICHAEL PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 85
- GARY ARDEN RUCKTAESCHELSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 86
- JOHNNIE WALKERCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 88
- MICHAEL ZARBOCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 89
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.