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JAMES HARRY MARKLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 26, 1951 – December 2, 1970
Service recordJames Harry Markland, of Elizabethton, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 103
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 26, 1951
- Home of record
- Elizabethton, Tennessee (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 103
- JOHN LARRY STALLINGSCaptain · December 1, 1970
- JESUS M BERRIOS-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 2, 1970
- LEONARD PAUL KUNSMAN JRCorporal · December 2, 1970
- PAUL EDWARD WOLFESpecialist Four · December 2, 1970
From Elizabethton
- CHARLES EDWARD FULTONAirman First Class · January 2, 1965
- JAMES MITCHELL CORNETTPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- DALE ALONZO JOHNSONMajor · October 27, 1966
- GARY MURRAYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1967
- WILLIAM JACK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- JOHN PAUL AVERYLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- BILLY JOE ELLISStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SHAFFERLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES TREADWAYSpecialist Five · August 12, 1968
- ROY HASKEL WILSONCaptain · October 22, 1968
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.