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JAMES CURTIS TARRANCE
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
July 12, 1948 – December 4, 1968
Service recordJames Curtis Tarrance, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 42
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- July 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 42
- MARLIN SMITHPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- DONALD ROBERT STOLTZSpecialist Four · December 4, 1968
- RICHARD DAVID TAMMSpecialist Four · December 4, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND THOMASSergeant · December 4, 1968
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.