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JAMES LEROY TANGEMAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1945 – July 29, 1968
Service recordJames Leroy Tangeman, of Flat Rock, Michigan, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · 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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Born
- April 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Flat Rock, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 33
- JACK MERRIEL STRONGCorporal · July 29, 1968
- JOSEPH RUMMEL WHITE JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1968
- JAMES MARTIN WITHERSPOONSergeant · July 29, 1968
- WILLIAM RUSSELL ALMONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
From Flat Rock
- DAVID PETER BROWNPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- FRANKLIN HARRISON RAUBCorporal · January 10, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD HAMILTONSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- RONALD HARRY PORTERPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- RUSSELL CHARLES YOSTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- DANIEL PERRY HOLTREYSpecialist Five · August 21, 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.