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JAMES JOSEPH WAGNER
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
May 15, 1948 – April 24, 1969
Service recordJames Joseph Wagner, of Clinton, Maryland, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 41
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Clinton, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 41
- DARWIN DALE MCGEESpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- ERNEST MANUEL PERRY JRSergeant · April 24, 1969
- RANDALL RUGGSPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- JERRY MICHAEL SHRIVERMaster Sergeant · April 24, 1969
From Clinton
- JEFFREY LYNDOL HARRISCaptain · May 10, 1972
- STEPHEN EDWARD SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · June 20, 1972
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.