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JAMES LEE URNES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1949 – May 4, 1969
Service recordJames Lee Urnes, of Pacific Grove, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 3
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)
- Born
- July 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Pacific Grove, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 3
- MILTON WILLIAM REMMLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 4, 1969
- FRANCISCO VILLANUEVA JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- RAYMOND CONLUIS WILLISLance Corporal · May 4, 1969
- ARTHUR LEE WOODSPrivate · May 4, 1969
From Pacific Grove
- REINALDO ANTONIO CASTROSergeant · April 27, 1967
- RUDOLPH RALPH CORONA IIIPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JOHN RAYMOND THOMASSergeant · December 4, 1968
- RICHARD LEE BUCKLESCaptain · July 12, 1969
- PHILLIP CHARLES SMITHSpecialist Four · August 3, 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.