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JAMES HENRY COONEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1945 – July 4, 1967
Service recordJames Henry Cooney, of Camarillo, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 123
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 107 MM MORTAR BTRY 3 BN 11 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Camarillo, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “107 MM MORTAR BTRY 3 BN 11 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 123
- LEO EARL SEYMOURSergeant First Class · July 3, 1967
- CALVIN BELTONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- KENNETH PAUL BIRELEYPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- STEVEN ALAN BROWNPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY MICHAEL SCHMUTZLance Corporal · Panel 23E, Line 7
From Camarillo
- LEWIS ALBERT KIMMEL JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- JAMES ROLAND PLAKELance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- WEDEN GARY HUMPHREYSergeant · February 1, 1968
- BARTON JOHN UPLINGERCaptain · February 19, 1968
- RICHARD ALWIN WESKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- RUSSELL GENE HOFERCorporal · July 27, 1968
- KENNETH DALE COMBSSergeant · August 27, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH TREASURELance Corporal · October 16, 1968
- PHILIP CLARK STAFFORDSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
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.