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JAMES EDWARD WIDENER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1948 – June 11, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Widener, of Churchville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 93
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 FOR RECON CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Churchville, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 FOR RECON CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 93
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JOSE HILARIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- JOEL THOMAS WILLISFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1967
- SERGIO EDITH ALBERTSergeant · June 12, 1967
- RONALD LEE ELZAPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DENNIS CHOMELPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 87
- DENNIS RAY CHRISTIELance Corporal · Panel 21E, Line 87
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · Panel 21E, Line 89
- JAMES WILLARD KOOILance Corporal · Panel 21E, Line 90
- JIM EDWIN MOSHIERCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 91
From Churchville
- FRANCIS SCOTT BECHTOLDPrivate First Class · February 17, 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.