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JAMES EDWARD LOTT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1947 – May 8, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Lott served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 6
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 17, 1947
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 6
- VICTOR LEE LAYNESpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- GERALD WAYNE MAYBERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM MEISTERLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS MORANSergeant · May 8, 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.