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JAMES VINCENT TAURISANO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 27, 1946 – January 20, 1966
Service recordJames Vincent Taurisano, of Everett, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 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 81
- ANTHONY SKODMINPrivate First Class · January 20, 1966
- JOHN CLINE STRICKLER JRCaptain · January 20, 1966
- DAVID ROY BURGESSSergeant · January 21, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS EGAN JRCaptain · January 21, 1966
From Everett
- EDWARD JOSEPH MURPHY JRMajor · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL DALEYCorporal · December 3, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH FORDICorporal · May 8, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT PIZZANOPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ROBERT FRANK RONGA JRSpecialist Four · September 27, 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.