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JAMES THOMAS MANDLER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 28, 1948 – May 15, 1967
Service recordJames Thomas Mandler, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 1
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 1
- DANIEL THOMAS KELLEYLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- WOLFGANG EDWARD KRESSEPrivate · May 15, 1967
- EDWARD K MEYERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- ROBERT LONGORIA SALINASSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.