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JAMES THOMAS PROUE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1949 – July 1, 1969
Service recordJames Thomas Proue, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 43
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
- April 12, 1949
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 43
- RICHARD ALLEN LAVENDERPrivate First Class · July 1, 1969
- JACK EDWARD LUNTSFORDChief Petty Officer · July 1, 1969
- HENRY LEE STAFFORDPrivate First Class · July 1, 1969
- LARRY MICHAEL BRYANPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.