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JAMES MATTHEW WANDRO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1950 – June 11, 1969
Service recordJames Matthew Wandro, of San Mateo, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 29
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
- April 16, 1950
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 29
- CLARK LEE VERN WILLIAMSCorporal · June 11, 1969
- MICHAEL GREGG WORLEYFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1969
- DONALD JOHN ZASTOWSKYSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- FRED JOSEPH ZYCKSergeant · June 11, 1969
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 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.