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JAMES EDWARD PRIEBE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 5, 1947 – April 30, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Priebe, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 127
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
- February 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; 59 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 127
- MILTON EMMETT PRESCOTT JRSergeant · April 30, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR RANDALLPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- SCOTT DOUGLAS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- WALTER R ROBINSON JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.