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JAMES BENJAMIN GORE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1947 – March 16, 1967
Service recordJames Benjamin Gore, of Clarendon, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 90
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
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Clarendon, North Carolina (Columbus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16E, Line 90
- ANDREW FEDORPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GIANNINIFirst Lieutenant · March 16, 1967
- JAMES GORMON GOETZLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- JOHN ALLEN GRABER JRPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
From Clarendon
- CHARLES ELBERT TANNERStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1965
- HARRY KENNETH CARTRETTELance Corporal · May 26, 1967
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.