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JAMES JOSEPH MALLON JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 29, 1944 – October 24, 1967
Service recordJames Joseph Mallon JR, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 61
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- March 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 61
- WILLIAM ELGIE LESNIKSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- GILBERT GEORGE MARCUMPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- KEITH ALLEN MCENANYPetty Officer Second Class · October 24, 1967
- RICHARD LEE MCNEISHPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.