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JAMES ALLAN SLAGEL
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
March 7, 1948 – April 5, 1967
Service recordJames Allan Slagel, of Joliet, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 108
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Joliet, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 108
- BROOKE MCKAY SHADBURNECaptain · April 5, 1967
- WALTER MURRELL SNEADSergeant · April 5, 1967
- GEORGE THOMAS SUBERTPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- HAROLD LEE TALLEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
From Joliet
- MICHAEL IRA SHANERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- ALBERT LEE VICICHCorporal · October 5, 1966
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- VERNON BERNABE VENEGASCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN KEITHSeaman · January 11, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK LEWISLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES MOONLance Corporal · July 3, 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.