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JAMES RALPH PACE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1947 – March 21, 1966
Service recordJames Ralph Pace, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 34
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
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 34
- WILLIAM KING SHOUPLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL GARY MURRAYLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- TERRY LEE QUINNPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- STANLEY RIFFLECorporal · March 21, 1966
- JOHN FELLOWS SCULL JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HENRY FRANKLINPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 30
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.