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JAMES LARRY HIGHTOWER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1946 – October 22, 1966
Service recordJames Larry Hightower, of Brownsville, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 97
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Kentucky (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 97
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- DON EDWARD DARNALLLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1966
- THOMAS JAMES HOLDENFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1966
From Brownsville
- BOBBY LEE TARTERChief Warrant Officer 3 · August 24, 1969
- DARRELL HOGANStaff Sergeant · October 30, 1971
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.