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JAMES CALVIN MARKEL JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1950 – July 28, 1968
Service recordJames Calvin Markel JR, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 25
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
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Coatesville, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 25
- JOHN MANNING LANCASTERPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES LEELance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- DANIEL EDWARD LLOYDCorporal · July 28, 1968
- ERASTE JOHN MARCEAUXCorporal · July 28, 1968
From Coatesville
- ROBERT CARL LANEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 5, 1966
- DONALD RUSSELL BURTONSergeant · April 2, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- DAVID EARL HARTSOEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- FRANK A GIACOBELLO JRSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- RONALD RICHARD KINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- EDWARD LEROY FOLKSPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MICHINOKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES DAVIDSON JRSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- HARLEY ALBERT SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · April 22, 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.