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JAMES WARREN VANTASSELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1947 – July 5, 1968
Service recordJames Warren Vantassell, of Glens Falls, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Glens Falls, New York (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 24
- GARY DALE TEMPLETONPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH THIELENSpecialist Four · July 5, 1968
- LOUIS KENNETH THOMPSONLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE TURNERPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
From Glens Falls
- ALBERT BOYD AYRESMajor · February 24, 1967
- JAMES JOHN BATESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PEZZULOCorporal · March 21, 1967
- HOWARD EUGENE BEAGLESergeant · April 10, 1967
- JOSEPH LEONARD COLOTTISpecialist Four · April 19, 1967
- ROBERT OWEN BARRYLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- PETER MARK BUTLERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- GERALD EDMUND HAMMOND JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- MICHAEL DIMITRI BALAMOTIMajor · November 24, 1969
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.