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JAMES TUCKER STOVALL
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 1, 1945 – November 7, 1968
Service recordJames Tucker Stovall, of Palestine, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 35
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Engineer, Construction, And Equipment Off (I) (1301)
- Born
- June 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Palestine, Texas (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 35
- JERRY LEN PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1968
- DAVID LESLIE THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- CRAIG LESLIE WALTONSergeant · November 7, 1968
- KENNETH FRANCIS YBARRAPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
From Palestine
- THOMAS DARRELL WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- TONIE LEE ENGLAND JRCaptain · March 21, 1967
- EARL DAWSON LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- AMON FRANKLIN MOORE JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 17, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN THOMPSONLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- JAMES AUBREY HULSEYPrivate First Class · April 13, 1970
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER BECKERFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1970
- TERRELL LEE RAWLINSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 25, 1970
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.