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JAMES JOSEPH MCMORROW
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 14, 1949 – November 10, 1969
Service recordJames Joseph McMorrow, of Lewiston, Maine, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 10, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 53
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
- February 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Lewiston, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 53
- VERNON GLEN HOLBROOKSergeant First Class · November 10, 1969
- SCOTT WARREN IGGULDENCorporal · November 10, 1969
- FRANK JOHN LILLEYSergeant · November 10, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST OWENSPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
From Lewiston
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGONAGLESergeant · October 17, 1966
- PAUL ROBERT WESTStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- ROLAND PHILIPPE GUERETTEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS IIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- LAURIER DON DEROSIERSergeant · December 3, 1967
- NORMAND CAMILLE DESCHAINECorporal · June 7, 1968
- HAROLD GEORGE BRETONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCMAHONSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD W ROSSIGNOLPetty Officer Third Class · March 29, 1969
- LEO ROGER ASSELINPrivate First Class · June 12, 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.