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JAMES FERRO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1946 – May 26, 1966
Service recordJames Ferro, of Acushnet, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 110
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Acushnet, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 110
- CECIL ANGUS BROOME JRStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- GARY ALVEN GLANDONFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1966
- TERRENCE HASTINGS GRIFFEYFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1966
From Acushnet
- LEONARD PICANSO JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 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.