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JAMES JOSEPH SUSSMEIER
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
January 22, 1945 – July 8, 1967
Service recordJames Joseph Sussmeier, of Long Island City, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 38
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 11 MT BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Long Island City, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1967
- Age
- 22
- 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 July 8, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS CO 11 MT BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 38
- PERRY KINARD JONESLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- DONALD J REYNOLDSCaptain · July 8, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH BOWLESCorporal · July 9, 1967
- CLIFFORD GARLAND BURCHPrivate First Class · July 9, 1967
From Long Island City
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ABRAHAM JACKSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE HOLTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES E DANIELSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- FELIX VAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 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.