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JAMES MARTIN FLEMING
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 7, 1949 – July 16, 1969
Service recordJames Martin Fleming, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 16, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 6
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 6
- JAMES VERNON DAWSONCaptain · July 16, 1969
- ROBERT GLENN EASTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 16, 1969
- RONALD ALVIN HOFFSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- KENNETH MAX WILLISChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 16, 1969
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
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.