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JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1944 – April 16, 1966
Service recordJames Edwin Prommersberger, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 118
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 118
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGOLDRICKSpecialist Four · April 16, 1966
- JOHN PARNELLASpecialist Four · April 16, 1966
- OKEY LEE SANDSSpecialist Four · April 16, 1966
- ERNEST EUGENE SIMONSCorporal · April 16, 1966
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BENTFELDPrivate First Class · February 2, 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.