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JAMES CONRAD MARSHALL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1946 – January 31, 1968
Service recordJames Conrad Marshall, of Monroeville, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- July 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Monroeville, Alabama (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Gia Dinh 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 36E, Line 24
- JOSEPH VIETO MARRONESpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS MARTINLieutenant Colonel · January 31, 1968
- FRANCIS JOHN MAYER JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- OWEN EDWARD MEBUSTSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
From Monroeville
- DAVID ROGER WIGGINSSergeant · April 6, 1969
- CARTER PARKER JRStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1970
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.