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JAMES PATRICK PROCTOR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 10, 1946 – August 1, 1967
Service recordJames Patrick Proctor, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 63
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 63
- RICHARD JARRELL REMEDIESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- ERNST RILEYSpecialist Four · August 1, 1967
- STANLEY JOSEPH SEAVERSPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- WILLIAM S SIMMONS JRPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.