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JAMES ARTHUR WINFREY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 10, 1945 – August 7, 1969
Service recordJames Arthur Winfrey, of Webster Groves, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 7, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 111
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Webster Groves, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 111
- MILFORD MARVIN TOGNAZZINIPetty Officer First Class · August 7, 1969
- CHARLES WESLEY ADAMSSpecialist Four · August 8, 1969
- ROY OTIS BUCHANANPrivate First Class · August 8, 1969
- DONALD PRIESTER CANDLERSecond Lieutenant · August 8, 1969
From Webster Groves
- NORMAN EDWARD SNODGRASSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1965
- LAWRENCE ANDRE DIRNBERGERSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1967
- WILLIAM HAROLD WALTERSSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- JOHN MARSHALL SNYDER JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- RALPH JOSEPH LUEBBERS JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE SHEPPARDPrivate · September 20, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIEL WINKELPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- VICTOR JOHN CARTIERPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT HULL JRSergeant · May 17, 1969
- TIMOTHY KIM LECLAIRFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1969
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.