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JAMES EDWARD MARSHALL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 27, 1948 – August 10, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Marshall, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 42
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 42
- SAMUEL REESE JAMES IICorporal · August 10, 1968
- RAYMOND GEORGE KRISKOVICHSpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MATARAZZI JRCorporal · August 10, 1968
- PAUL HOOVER MELOYStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1968
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 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.