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JAMES MICHAEL ARRIES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1946 – April 1, 1967
Service recordJames Michael Arries, of Elk Mound, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 83
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Elk Mound, Wisconsin (Dunn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 83
- JOHN MICHAEL WESTSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
- FREDDY L AMICKSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- ALLEN MACY BEALSLance Corporal · April 1, 1967
- CHARLES FRED BIVETTOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
From Elk Mound
- RAYMOND ROGER DEMOEPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- ROGER ALLEN PEDERSONSpecialist Four · March 29, 1971
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.