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JAMES DANIEL CRESSEY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1946 – January 13, 1969
Service recordJames Daniel Cressey JR, of Brunswick, Maine, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 81
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- July 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Brunswick, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 81
- JIMMY CHARLES BOWERSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
- GEORGE WASHINGTON BROWNPrivate · January 13, 1969
- PATRICK THOMAS DEMARCOPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- HARRY JAMES DORSEYPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
From Brunswick
- EARL STANLEY GARRISONPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- DAVID LITTLEHALE FARLEYSpecialist Four · October 9, 1967
- RONALD RUSSELL FITCHSpecialist Four · November 20, 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.