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JAMES WILLIAM EISNER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 9, 1946 – November 3, 1966
Service recordJames William Eisner, of New Rochelle, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 3, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Operational Communicator (2500)
- Born
- April 9, 1946
- Home of record
- New Rochelle, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- 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 3, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 13
- RICCARDO BURTON DICKERSONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- ROBERT L FOWBLE JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1966
- JOEL FULLERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- JAMES JAY HEALEYPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
From New Rochelle
- HEZEKIAH GEORGEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN LYSAGHTLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- WALTER LUDWIG HAMMERSCHLAGPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- FREDERICK JAMES CARRATUROSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- JOHN LOUIS OLSENCorporal · June 21, 1967
- THELBERT ALLYSON JAMESPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ONEAL WRIGHTLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LESTER NEWSOMEPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY BARBOURPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 13, 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.