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JAMES LAYMAN VERHELST
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1947 – March 26, 1967
Service recordJames Layman Verhelst, of Kewanee, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 55
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
- April 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Kewanee, Illinois (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 55
- LARRY JOSEPH LARSONPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
- STEPHEN MICHAEL MINICKSergeant · March 26, 1967
- RALPH JAMES SMITHCorporal · March 26, 1967
- CYRIL JEFFREY WESTLYHospitalman · March 26, 1967
From Kewanee
- DONALD EUGENE JONESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WERDERMANLance Corporal · June 18, 1967
- DAN E BRYANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- WARREN ROBERT ORR JRCaptain · May 12, 1968
- MARTIN JOSEPH RAPCZAKSergeant · May 23, 1968
- ALLAN CAMERON BENSONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES IRVIN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- RODNEY ROBERT ROGERSHospitalman · January 9, 1970
- ALAN CHARLES DECRAENEFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1970
- WILLIAM MARSHALL PRICEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 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.