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JAMES EDMOND HUFF
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 20, 1948 – October 27, 1967
Service recordJames Edmond Huff, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 82
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 82
- WILLIAM RALPH HACKETT JRLance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- ANGUS LAFAYETTE HARECorporal · October 27, 1967
- EDDIE LOUIS JAMES JRCorporal · October 27, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
- DONALD LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 6, 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.