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JAMES ROBERT LONG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1936 – July 26, 1968
Service recordJames Robert Long, of Hancock, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- January 8, 1936
- Home of record
- Hancock, Michigan (Houghton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 14
- ROCCO RENELL ISAACLance Corporal · July 26, 1968
- DONALD ALBERT JONESFirst Lieutenant · July 26, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES MANNERYPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- RALPH WERNER MCLENDONPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
From Hancock
- DENNIS WILFRED MARCOTTEPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- EDWARD LOUIS KOLKASergeant · March 2, 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.