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JAMES NELSON YOUMANS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1949 – May 18, 1968
Service recordJames Nelson Youmans, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 2
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
- Born
- October 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 2
- CHRISTOPHER J SCHERERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE SITTENLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- NEIL BRIAN SULLIVANCorporal · May 18, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.