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JAMES ROBERT MCLEMORE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 2, 1943 – February 28, 1966
Service recordJames Robert McLemore, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 89
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
- January 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 89
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- ANDY MCGUIRE JRLance Corporal · February 28, 1966
- JOSE TORRESPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN WOLCHESKILance Corporal · February 28, 1966
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- DONALD ANCKER SHERRODSpecialist Four · August 8, 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.