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JAMES ROBERT LUNSFORD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1947 – July 4, 1967
Service recordJames Robert Lunsford, of Ridgely, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 4
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 4 MAR
- Born
- February 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Ridgely, Tennessee (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 4
- THOMAS JAKE JONESLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- ARTHUR LANTEIGNELance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- JOSEPH MARVINPrivate · July 4, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
From Ridgely
- CARL SOCRATES MILLER JRMajor · January 29, 1966
- TRAVIS EDWARD NUNNERYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- DONALD LEE SHIRLEYPrivate First Class · March 9, 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.