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JAMES BRUCE OKANE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 1944 – August 24, 1965
Service recordJames Bruce Okane, of Laurel, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 8
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Laurel, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Incident
- Airplane Crash Hong Kong To Danang Vs
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 8
- ROY EDWARD THOMASSergeant · February 6, 1966
- ALEX E VACZIFirst Sergeant · February 6, 1966
- DAVID ROBERT VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- JAMES BAKER WOODS IIICaptain · February 6, 1966
- BRUCE GEORGE BARTHLance Corporal · February 7, 1966
From Laurel
- STEVEN ROSS SHERMANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH CHASELance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- FRANCIS GARFIELD GRAYSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- ALVAH WORRELL HENSON JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- SAMUEL LOUIS WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1969
- LEONARD MORGANSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
- JOHN RAYMOND POELieutenant Commander · August 4, 1970
- JAMES LOSPINUSOStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1972
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.