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JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 26, 1945 – May 18, 1967
Service recordJames Clifton Offley, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 33
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 26, 1945
- Home of record
- New Bedford, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 33
- THEODORE RUSSELL NELSONPetty Officer Third Class · May 18, 1967
- PHILIP JOHN OLOFSONPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- RONNY LEROY PALMERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- JEARL EDWARD RIMMERSergeant · May 18, 1967
From New Bedford
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · April 29, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 1967
- CAESAR AUGUSTUS PINTOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
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.