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JAMES LEE SCHIBI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1948 – August 26, 1968
Service recordJames Lee Schibi, of Winslow, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 33
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Winslow, Arizona (Navajo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 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
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 33
- TEODORITO RIOS-ROSARIOSergeant · August 26, 1968
- FERNANDO A RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- DENNIS TRUMAN ROBBINSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- VERNON LEE YARBERLance Corporal · August 26, 1968
From Winslow
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYMajor · April 22, 1967
- ALLEN FRED CHAVESPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- TONY SALAZAR OROZCO JRPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- JEFFREY CHARLES STOWEWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1969
- DAVID TOBIAS SOLISSpecialist Four · March 26, 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.