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JAMES EDWARD DEGNIS
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
February 24, 1946 – June 18, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Degnis, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 19
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- February 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 19
- AUDREY JULIUS COOKSergeant · June 18, 1968
- RONNIE DEAN DAVISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- GERALD GLEN DEDMORE JRLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- ROBERT CLARENCE EWALDLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
From Worcester
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- ROBERT J DIREDAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 1967
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.