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JAMES EDWARD KANDEL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 20, 1948 – July 30, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Kandel, of Marysville, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 36
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Marysville, Ohio (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 36
- DAVID STANLEY KOSSOWSKISpecialist Five · July 30, 1968
- KENNETH DAVID LINSECorporal · July 30, 1968
- DENNIS DEWAIN MANNINGLance Corporal · July 30, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
From Marysville
- CHARLES GEORGE BOWERSMITHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- MICHELE MCCORD ROSEBERRYLance Corporal · January 20, 1968
- VIRGIL JUNIOR WEBBCorporal · September 27, 1968
- JOHN EDWIN HISEYCorporal · July 29, 1969
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.