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JAMES JERRY SHOWS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 12, 1949 – October 11, 1968
Service recordJames Jerry Shows, of Pass Christian, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Pass Christian, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 49
- PAUL NARCISSESergeant · October 11, 1968
- EARL DOUGLAS OSBORNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1968
- JEFFREY WILLIAM RAINAUDFirst Lieutenant · October 11, 1968
- PETER EDWARD SCHRYVERFirst Lieutenant · October 11, 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.