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JAMES MICHAEL TERMINI
Seaman · U.S. Navy
August 27, 1947 – February 25, 1966
Service recordJames Michael Termini, of Lee, Massachusetts, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 77
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NSA DANANG USNAVFORV
- Born
- August 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Lee, Massachusetts (Berkshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 77
- JOHN BERNARD CAUSEYCaptain · February 25, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- CLYDE WILLIAM WITHEEPrivate · February 25, 1966
From Lee
- MICHAEL CORNELIUS WHALENSpecialist Four · February 28, 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.