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JAMES H VILLEPONTEAUX JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1940 – May 11, 1966
Service recordJames H Villeponteaux JR, of Cordesville, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 11, 1966, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vme (Jet) (7333)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMA 311 MAG 12 1 MAW FMF
- Born
- November 23, 1940
- Home of record
- Cordesville, South Carolina (Berkeley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 47
- TOM LEW AUSTINLance Corporal · May 11, 1966
- ARTHUR J BOWYERPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- GALE VERNON CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · May 11, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 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.