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JAMES WILLIAM MAHLER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 11, 1945 – September 9, 1965
Service recordJames William Mahler, of Marshfield, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 9, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 79
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Marshfield, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 79
- THOMAS EUGENE CZZOWITZCorporal · September 9, 1965
- HARRY ALLAN HIPKEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1965
- PAUL JOSEPH MARQUEZSpecialist Four · September 9, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
From Marshfield
- WILLIAM AYRE COGGESHALLSpecialist Four · February 25, 1967
- RONALD PAUL DALEYSeaman Apprentice · October 1, 1972
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.