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JAMES FRANCIS HACKETT JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1950 – January 28, 1970
Service recordJames Francis Hackett JR, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 28, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 74
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- August 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1970
- 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
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 74
- KENNETH SANDFORD BERCIERSpecialist Four · January 28, 1970
- TERRY ALFRED CARTERLance Corporal · January 28, 1970
- STEVEN ORLANDO DILESergeant · January 28, 1970
- PETER DAVID GUZMANSpecialist Four · January 28, 1970
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.