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JAMES DILLON WARDLOW
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1946 – September 13, 1968
Service recordJames Dillon Wardlow, of Belton, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 54
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Belton, Texas (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 54
- EDWARD KENNETH RYANSergeant · September 13, 1968
- GARY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- CORNELIS A VANDERSTERRENCorporal · September 13, 1968
- JOSEPH ALVIN VENABLESergeant Major · September 13, 1968
From Belton
- WILLIAM WESLEY PIERCESpecialist Four · May 14, 1966
- CARROLL WAYNE PERRYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- THOMAS BOYD SHARPFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1967
- BILLY RAY BROWNSergeant · May 26, 1968
- ALBERT CHARLES SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 4, 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.