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JAMES CARL WHISNAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 22, 1948 – March 14, 1968
Service recordJames Carl Whisnan, of Medford, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 55
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
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- July 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Medford, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 55
- KENNETH JOHN GREENESpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- JOHN ANGELO VIRGONAPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD WEITZPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE WELCHSecond Lieutenant · March 14, 1968
From Medford
- JAMES HERBERT ROWDENPrivate · March 5, 1966
- KEITH LEROY SHIPPPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- WALTER RICHARD SPEARE IIICaptain · November 11, 1966
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- CHARLES HARRY SNOWPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- JAY DEAN JOHNSONCorporal · September 2, 1967
- PAUL MELVIN BEDDOE JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- FREDERICK DUNHAM GRATENCorporal · April 11, 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.