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JAMES VICTOR BIGTREE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 9, 1940 – January 11, 1966
Service recordJames Victor Bigtree, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 11, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 9, 1940
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 63
- EDWARD DARRELL AKERSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- RAYNALD JIMEEZ AMADORCorporal · January 11, 1966
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- JOSE GOTERA BIRCOStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1966
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- GREGORY JOHN HARRISMaster Sergeant · June 12, 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.