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JAMES ROBERT HUCKLEBERRY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 18, 1948 – May 8, 1967
Service recordJames Robert Huckleberry, of Jeffersontown, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 59
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Jeffersontown, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 45 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 59
- JAMES EDWARD HARMONCorporal · May 8, 1967
- WALTER DENNIS HORNERLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES FREEMAN HUNDLEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- CHARLES JACKSONLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS ALAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
From Jeffersontown
- CARL A HUMPHREYSergeant · February 24, 1967
- GERALD LEE RISINGERSergeant · July 7, 1970
- STEVEN LEE FAWBUSHCorporal · July 24, 1970
- ROBERT DALE KAVICHCorporal · November 22, 1970
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.