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JAMES ROBERT RUSSELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1948 – January 30, 1969
Service recordJames Robert Russell, of Arcata, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 21
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Arcata, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 21
- RICHARD ALLEN MOORELance Corporal · January 30, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- JOSEPH YBARRA RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD REEDERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
From Arcata
- ALAN EUGENE HENDRICKSONCaptain · August 3, 1967
- MARVIN EDWARD MCLELLANDCorporal · June 6, 1968
- LARRY THOMAS ROSSSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- BYRON BILL BOWDENSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- KELLY STUART MORRISSergeant · July 26, 1969
- JAMES CLARK MCGLASSONPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- ROGER DALE LOWERYLance Corporal · September 14, 1969
- NELS VERN ROSENLUND IISpecialist Four · September 21, 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.