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JAMES HENRY WHISENHUNT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 6, 1943 – April 30, 1967
Service recordJames Henry Whisenhunt, of Crescent City, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · 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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Crescent City, California (Del Norte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; 59 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 1
- LARRY MICHAEL SMITHCorporal · April 30, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS TINO JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY MYERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- PHILLIP ARTHUR STRIZZISpecialist Five · May 12, 1967
From Crescent City
- DONALD WILFRED SHANKSPetty Officer Third Class · October 26, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT KLOTZSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- DAVID GUY CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- HOWARD EARL CRAMBLETWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1969
- LEONARD GEORGE GREVILLEPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
- EDWARD DEAN LOCKETTPrivate · February 10, 1970
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.