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JAMES ANTHONY MARESH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 23, 1950 – September 3, 1971
Service recordJames Anthony Maresh, of Lolita, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 9
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Lolita, Texas (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 9
- HIGINIO RODRIGUEZ TORRESSpecialist Four · September 2, 1971
- JOHN FRIEL WEBBSpecialist Four · September 2, 1971
- JOSE ENRIQUE ZAYASSpecialist Five · September 2, 1971
From Lolita
- GLEN LESTER KNOBLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1970
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.