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JAMES LEE TEWKSBURY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1946 – April 1, 1966
Service recordJames Lee Tewksbury, of Midland, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 73
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Midland, Michigan (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 73
- MICHAEL DEAN COOKPrivate · April 2, 1966
- DALE LOUIS COURCHANECorporal · April 2, 1966
- JULIAN CASTILLO CUELLARCorporal · April 2, 1966
- CURTIS EUGENE DORRISSergeant · April 2, 1966
From Midland
- RONALD LEE LYVEREPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- DENNIS DWAYNE SKUTTLance Corporal · July 11, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE KEYESSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEKSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- STEVEN DALE RUGARPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- LARRY LEE COSTLEYSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- VERN ERNEST ROOTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- RALPH LOUIS CUTLERSergeant · April 25, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM PLANTEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1969
- DUANE JACOB CABALAPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
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.