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JAMES LEE KRISELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1949 – May 19, 1968
Service recordJames Lee Krisell, of Glendale, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 13
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 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Glendale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- 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
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 13
- RICHARD PAUL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- GREGORY VALENTINE MAYNARDCorporal · May 19, 1968
- ISAIAH MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- GORDON THOMAS MOLAISONCorporal · May 19, 1968
From Glendale
- EDWIN RAY HIGGINSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1966
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRAHLCorporal · March 2, 1967
- STEPHEN THOMAS HEPNERSecond Lieutenant · May 2, 1967
- JOE EDWARD KINSEYCorporal · December 29, 1967
- SAM FESTIS BEACH JRCaptain · January 17, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD LUCASSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- ALBERT MARTINEZ RIZOCorporal · May 12, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP DIMMERSpecialist Five · December 30, 1969
- JOSE ANGEL SANTA CRUZPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
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.