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JAMES CARTHELL MCHENRY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1946 – January 24, 1968
Service recordJames Carthell McHenry, of Camden, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · 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
- December 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Camden, Arkansas (Ouachita County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 25
- WILLIAM W MCCLENDON JRCorporal · January 24, 1968
- ROBERT DENNIS NAWROCKIPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- JOHN HALL NEAL JRCorporal · January 24, 1968
- GARY LEIGH NORDQUISTSergeant · January 24, 1968
From Camden
- RILEY JERMANYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- WILLIAM HENDERSON MASONColonel · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES RANDEL HUTCHISONStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1968
- GERALD EUGENE BOOTH HAMMPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- ALVIN WALLACE FORDSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- ALVIN GORDON JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- JERRY JAMES CURTISPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- HARVEY LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 17, 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.