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JAMES ROSS RICHMOND
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1949 – June 13, 1968
Service recordJames Ross Richmond, of Fairmont, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 13
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Fairmont, West Virginia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 13
- CRAIG LEE SEIDELSpecialist Four · June 13, 1968
- EMORY MOREL SMITHStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1968
- JOE ANTHONY SNITKOPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- PORFIRIO SAM SOLANOStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1968
From Fairmont
- EUGENE C SUMMERSSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- PHILIP VILONE JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- DANIEL WAYNE STUTLERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- DAVID NORMAN WOLFECorporal · January 23, 1967
- WILLIAM BERNARD CRONINLieutenant Colonel · April 27, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE GRIFFITHSergeant · July 2, 1967
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- JACK EUGENE GORBEYStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
- BARRY MICHAEL PATTONLance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- CHARLES LEONARD YATESPrivate First Class · April 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.