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JAMES HENRY PRESLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1947 – June 2, 1968
Service recordJames Henry Presley, of Ashburn, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 16
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
- July 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Ashburn, Georgia (Turner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 16
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAMONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE RILEYSergeant · June 2, 1968
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
- EDWARD LEROY SIZELOVECorporal · June 2, 1968
From Ashburn
- CHARLIE C WALKERPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- GEORGE T SWYMERSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT SPEIGHTStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1969
- ROY LESTER MEADOWSSergeant First Class · May 23, 1971
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.