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JAMES STINGLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1944 – August 25, 1969
Service recordJames Stingley, of Durant, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 116
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 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Durant, Mississippi (Holmes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 116
- RICHARD POWELL SHELTONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
- ALAN PETER STRAZZANTISergeant · August 25, 1969
- EARNEST ALLEN JRSergeant · August 26, 1969
- GAETAN JEAN GUY BEAUDOINSergeant · August 26, 1969
From Durant
- SAMUEL FERGUSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- DEWITT STUDWAY JRSpecialist Five · January 13, 1969
- CHARLES BOYDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- CHARLIE LYNN COCHRANPrivate First Class · August 31, 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.