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JAMES WESLEY INMAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 19, 1948 – June 16, 1968
Service recordJames Wesley Inman, of Valdosta, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 4
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Valdosta, Georgia (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 4
- CARL WAYNE HOLLERCorporal · June 16, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL HOVERCorporal · June 16, 1968
- GARY CAROL HUTCHERSONSergeant · June 16, 1968
- PAUL LOUIS JOYNERCorporal · June 16, 1968
From Valdosta
- JOHNNIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- HORACE ALVESTER HAMPTONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- MAXIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- CLEVELAND DAVID JONESStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- LAWRENCE KENNETH SEPULVEDASergeant Major · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE BRUNTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- WILLIE LEE RICHARDSONMaster Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- LARRY LEON MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- ROY CARROLL REGISTERStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- MARVIN BURNETT MULLIS JRPrivate First Class · November 2, 1968
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.