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JAMES THURMOND
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 4, 1933 – May 25, 1968
Service recordJames Thurmond, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 6
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- July 4, 1933
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 6
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- HERBERT LEE VAUGHNSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE WATKINSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- DENNIS DUANE WEHRSLance Corporal · May 25, 1968
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.