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JAMES EDWARD CAREY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1946 – April 21, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Carey, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 57
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Altoona, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1967; 48 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 57
- MARC ALAN BROWNPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- RONALD RAYMOND CORMIERPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- JOHN LARRY DAVISLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RUDOLPH STEVEN GALIANAPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
From Altoona
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTERCorporal · June 1, 1966
- ALFRED JAMES KIBLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- WILLIAM JOEL RICKMANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- EDWARD PHILIP SZEYLLERLieutenant · April 4, 1967
- ROBERT CARL DAMBECKMaster Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- NICHOLAS CHARLES BIANCONICorporal · July 24, 1967
- GEAN PRESTON CLAPPERChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- SHELDON D SCHULTZChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 1968
- CLARENCE JAMES CLAYCOMBStaff Sergeant · January 13, 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.