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JAMES EDWARD METOYER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1946 – August 31, 1966
Service recordJames Edward Metoyer, of Natchitoches, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Natchitoches, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 58
- LARRY DEAN TAYLORLance Corporal · August 30, 1966
- ARTHUR EDWIN COMSTOCK JRPrivate First Class · August 31, 1966
- JAMES BROOKS HEFFRONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY LERNERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1966
From Natchitoches
- CARL EDWIN JACKSONCaptain · June 27, 1965
- ABELL MOSESPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- CARSON EARL HAIRELance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- CARROLL L RODGERSStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1966
- OTIS LEWISPlatoon Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- CLARENCE EDGAR WATERSCorporal · September 12, 1967
- CHARLES DOTYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- FREDDIE JAMES BENJAMINPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- TOMMY LLOYD WYATTCorporal · February 22, 1969
- ROBERT GLEN POTTERSpecialist Five · January 13, 1970
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.