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JAMES THACKER
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 12, 1938 – August 1, 1969
Service recordJames Thacker, of Rochester, New York, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 84
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utilities Chief (1169)
- Born
- February 12, 1938
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 84
- FRANK DANIEL WALTHERSCorporal · August 1, 1969
- HAROLD DAVID WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1969
- ROBERT GLEN ARDOINSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- DAVID MARTIN BALLSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.