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JAMES ALFRED MARSHALL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
September 12, 1940 – June 18, 1965
Service recordJames Alfred Marshall, of Newark, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 18, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Newark, New York (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 12
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- JAMES MONROE GEHRIG JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEVILLETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1965
From Newark
- ELWOOD D COVEY JRSergeant · December 29, 1966
- RICHARD IRVING BORNHEIMERSpecialist Five · August 2, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT MARSHPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- JAMES FRANK POTTERSergeant · August 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.