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JAMES ALFRED PERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 23, 1947 – June 8, 1969
Service recordJames Alfred Person, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 114
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 114
- MELVILLE ALBERT LURTH JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- JOHNNY BILL ROBERTSON JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- ROBERT ROY SHERIDANSergeant · June 8, 1969
- DEANE FRANKLYN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.