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JAMES THOMAS EGAN JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1943 – January 21, 1966
Service recordJames Thomas Egan JR, of Mountainside, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on January 21, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 81
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 12 MARDIV
- Born
- May 31, 1943
- Home of record
- Mountainside, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 21, 1966
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 81
- ANTHONY SKODMINPrivate First Class · January 20, 1966
- JOHN CLINE STRICKLER JRCaptain · January 20, 1966
- JAMES VINCENT TAURISANOLance Corporal · January 20, 1966
- DAVID ROY BURGESSSergeant · January 21, 1966
From Mountainside
- WILLIAM F LITTLE IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 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.