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JAMES HAROLD BRAXTON
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
May 28, 1948 – March 17, 1967
Service recordJames Harold Braxton, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 100
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 100
- WAVERIE HUGH BUCHANANLance Corporal · March 17, 1967
- JERRY MICHAEL CHUNGESSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JEFF CURRETHERSPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.