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JAMES RAYMOND BRIGGS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 7, 1950 – June 25, 1969
Service recordJames Raymond Briggs, of Everett, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 11
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 11
- DELBERT ELLIS WEBERPetty Officer First Class · June 24, 1969
- DEAN CHARLES WILSONPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
- DAVID CHARLES ASBURYSergeant · June 25, 1969
- DAVID JAMES CORCORANPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
From Everett
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1967
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.