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JAMES GLENN UPCHURCH
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 28, 1944 – March 25, 1969
Service recordJames Glenn Upchurch, of Ada, Oklahoma, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 41
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- January 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Ada, Oklahoma (Pontotoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 41
- CARL EDWARD TODDPetty Officer Third Class · March 25, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES TORPIEFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- DAVID ALLAN WEBERSergeant · March 25, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT WILSONFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
From Ada
- NOEL DON MARRLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD MULLINSStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1966
- JACK WAYNE HALEYSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS BLANKENSHIPFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1968
- THOMAS HUGH BAKERMajor · November 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DALE THURMANSergeant · January 2, 1969
- LARRY GENE PADBERGPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1969
- DENNIS VAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- JIMMY RAY HIGDONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- RICHARD WARREN JONESCaptain · June 27, 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.