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JAMES STEPHEN STASSI
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1947 – June 27, 1967
Service recordJames Stephen Stassi, of Wood River, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 74
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
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Wood River, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 74
- RICHARD LEE WALKERCorporal · June 27, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIE WALLERSecond Lieutenant · June 27, 1967
- STEPHEN GEORGE WASSENICHCorporal · June 27, 1967
- JONATHAN CHARLE WHITTICOMLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
From Wood River
- RICHARD CHARLES BENNETTLance Corporal · August 10, 1967
- CHRIS ANTHONY TOTORALance Corporal · October 25, 1967
- DAVID LEE HAMPTONPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- CHARLES WILBURN MOODYStaff Sergeant · April 6, 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.