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JAMES EARL ESKRIDGE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 5, 1947 – November 24, 1970
Service recordJames Earl Eskridge, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 80
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Administrative Man - Manual Accounting (3041)
- Born
- June 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 80
- MARTIN IRVING ARBEITStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1970
- DAVID ANDREW BRYANPrivate First Class · November 24, 1970
- VICTOR LEE ELLINGERFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1970
- NORMAN FRANCIS EVANSSpecialist Six · November 24, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.