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JAMES THOMAS RENZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 3, 1945 – December 29, 1966
Service recordJames Thomas Renz, of Des Plaines, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 29, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 100
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
- Field Artillery Fire Control Man (0844)
- Born
- June 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Des Plaines, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 100
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- DENNIS GUY SCHLOTTCorporal · December 29, 1966
- JACK LEON SHAFFERSergeant · December 29, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
From Des Plaines
- LEONARD J LEWANDOWSKI JRSergeant · October 19, 1966
- ROBERT EDWIN MATSONSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- MICHAEL STEVEN BRYANTPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- RALPH LAURENCE CARLOCKMajor · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILTON ALBRIGHTLieutenant · March 10, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD WALTERS JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES T DONAHUE JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1967
- THOMAS PATRICK KLAUSINGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- PATRICK CARLISLE RIORDANPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
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.