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JAMES RICHARD LEMON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1948 – November 25, 1967
Service recordJames Richard Lemon, of Aurora, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 85
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Aurora, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 85
- ROBERT EUGENE HOLDEMANMajor · November 25, 1967
- WALTER KOEPPE JRPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- DONALD MORGAN KROTZERPrivate · November 25, 1967
- JOHN CHRISTIAN LERCH JRPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
From Aurora
- JAMES DANIEL HAKES JRLance Corporal · May 15, 1966
- MICHAEL L OTTOPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANKLIN MATTHEWSLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- THOMAS DAVID BARBERAirman · March 17, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE TABORPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- KENNETH DEAN RYNNINGSergeant · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD LE ROY MARTINPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- JACKIE VERNON HENSLEYStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
- CLYDE SEILERMajor · March 27, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CORNELISONSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
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.