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JAMES ARTHUR STAPLES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1949 – April 7, 1969
Service recordJames Arthur Staples, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 7, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 34
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
- February 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 34
- RONALD ALLEN SEHESTEDFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM SNYDERPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- DOUGLAS S SOUTHER JRSpecialist Four · April 7, 1969
- WAYNE YEARWOOD STEWARTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.