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JAMES ALLEN MALECKE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 19, 1945 – March 26, 1967
Service recordJames Allen Malecke, of Warrensville, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 53
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Warrensville, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 53
- FLOYD MICHAEL LARRABEELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE LEECorporal · March 26, 1967
- VICTOR HAROLD VANVACTORPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
- CHARLES HENRY WHITEPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
From Warrensville
- ROBERT HENRY DAVISSpecialist Four · June 11, 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.