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JAMES RICHARD MUCKLEROY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 13, 1942 – May 22, 1968
Service recordJames Richard Muckleroy, of Miami, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 14
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; eight 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 65E, Line 14
- RICHARD AARON MCCLAINLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS MCPHAILMajor · May 22, 1968
- HAROLD JAMES NICHOLESPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- TERRENCE PATRICK OBRIENHospitalman · May 22, 1968
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.