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JAMES BINGENHEIMER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 19, 1947 – March 15, 1971
Service recordJames Bingenheimer, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 15, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 48
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Atlantic City, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 48
- FRANCIS MICHAEL CURRYPrivate First Class · March 15, 1971
- THOMAS ALBERT DELLWOFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1971
- JOHN ELAM JRSergeant · March 15, 1971
- PATRICK DOUGLAS ERBWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1971
From Atlantic City
- ARFIEN CLIFFORD ALISpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- ARTHUR KEENSeaman · June 27, 1966
- DENNIS FRANCIS DELASANDROSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- GEORGE EUGENE COLES JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE LEONARD MILANPrivate · August 25, 1967
- THOMAS F SMITH JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH GROHMANGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE FARMERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE TERRYPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK SHELLEMLance Corporal · April 28, 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.