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JAMES STANLEY B CHILDERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1946 – February 15, 1967
Service recordJames Stanley B Childers, of Pacifica, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 32
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- August 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Pacifica, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 32
- JOHNIE NATHANIEL DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY FALATOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DAVIE JOE MARTINPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
From Pacifica
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOSTERPrivate · May 22, 1966
- ROBERT ERVEN CURRYLance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- MEDFORD ADARINE CHRYSLERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WALKER JRPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- GEORGE ANGELO CABANO JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM COMPTONSergeant · May 12, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS PATTERSONSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- JOHNNY BRYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1970
- DAVID GEORGE MCKAYSpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
- JOHN AL PREMENKOSergeant · August 14, 1970
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.