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JAMES MICHAEL ESPOSITO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 31, 1944 – October 25, 1968
Service recordJames Michael Esposito, of Pennsauken, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 32
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- August 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Pennsauken, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 32
- TOM GAYLE CASEYPrivate First Class · October 25, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM ALLEN DORIOPrivate First Class · October 25, 1968
- EDWARD ENOCH GOLDER IIIFirst Lieutenant · October 25, 1968
- LEONARD ALLEN GUYCorporal · October 25, 1968
From Pennsauken
- RICHARD PATTERSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD TIPTONSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- JOSEPH LEONARD HESSON IIIPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- THOMAS LEOPOLD BUSCH IIILance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- ANTHONY J PIERSANTI JRLieutenant (junior grade) · December 15, 1970
- THOMAS CRAIG MILLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1971
- FRANK JOSEPH KOHLMYERStaff Sergeant · February 18, 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.