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JAMES RAYMOND OVESON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1949 – May 10, 1968
Service recordJames Raymond Oveson, of Elmo, Utah, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 12
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Elmo, Utah (Emery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; six 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 58E, Line 12
- RUDY LOPEZPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN MOLTZANSpecialist Five · May 10, 1968
- ROBERT LEE OWENSSergeant · May 10, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS PROVENCHERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
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.