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JAMES EDWARD LIGHTFOOT
Seaman Recruit · U.S. Navy
August 24, 1929 – September 8, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Lightfoot, of Salineville, Ohio, served as a Seaman Recruit in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Recruit (SR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 7
- Born
- August 24, 1929
- Home of record
- Salineville, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 36
- LARRY GAY LANCESpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN LEBEAUPrivate First Class · September 8, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD MARSHALLLance Corporal · September 8, 1967
- OSCAR H PALACIOS JRLance Corporal · September 8, 1967
From Salineville
- ELWOOD WILLIAM DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.