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JAMES HEBERT III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1948 – May 27, 1969
Service recordJames Hebert III, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 1
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 9, 1948
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 1
- DONNIE RAY HARLEYCorporal · May 27, 1969
- HENRY RICHARD HAUSMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- JOHN WARD KIRCHNERPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- CORDELL BRUCE ROGERSCaptain · May 27, 1969
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.