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JAMES PAUL MARKEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 4, 1947 – January 26, 1971
Service recordJames Paul Markey JR, of Warminster, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Warminster, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 65
- WILLIAM DEO NICODEMUSSpecialist Four · January 26, 1971
- GEORGE LORD ROBERTSONStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1971
- ROBERTO LUIS CANASCorporal · January 27, 1971
- JOHN MAUTZ NEILLCaptain · January 27, 1971
From Warminster
- ROBERT HAROLD SMITHSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES BARRHospitalman · July 16, 1968
- CHARLES CARTER MEYERSPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- NELSON CHARLES LUTHERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- CHARLES PAUL MONTROSSSergeant · February 11, 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.