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JAMES EDWARD WERDERMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1946 – June 18, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Werderman, of Kewanee, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 9
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
- October 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Kewanee, Illinois (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 9
- DENNIS JAMES ADAMSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES AGUADOFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1967
- FRED GORDON BERTOLINOFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1967
- DENNIS WILLIAM BROWNSergeant · June 19, 1967
From Kewanee
- DONALD EUGENE JONESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- JAMES LAYMAN VERHELSTLance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- DAN E BRYANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- WARREN ROBERT ORR JRCaptain · May 12, 1968
- MARTIN JOSEPH RAPCZAKSergeant · May 23, 1968
- ALLAN CAMERON BENSONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES IRVIN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- RODNEY ROBERT ROGERSHospitalman · January 9, 1970
- ALAN CHARLES DECRAENEFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1970
- WILLIAM MARSHALL PRICEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1972
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.