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JAMES ELMER MCWHORTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 7, 1949 – August 22, 1969
Service recordJames Elmer McWhorter, of Beaverton, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 97
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
- June 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Beaverton, Oregon (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 97
- PHILLIP GLEN MCCALLPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- JEFFREY CHARLES PETERSONSergeant · August 22, 1969
- ROY KEITH PETERSONPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- DERWIN BROOKE PITTSSergeant · August 22, 1969
From Beaverton
- GERD FRANZ SEELIGSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JANIGIANCorporal · September 21, 1967
- GARY ROBERT KORSMYERSpecialist Four · September 3, 1968
- RODNEY SHAYNE PEARSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1968
- TERRY LEE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · January 6, 1969
- GARY GRANT LAMBWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1969
- THOMAS SHERRYSergeant · May 12, 1970
- RONALD JAMES HILLSpecialist Five · November 14, 1970
- SCOTT WILLIAM WAYTSpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
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.