The Wall › Panel 31E › District of Columbia › James William Powell JR
JAMES WILLIAM POWELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1948 – December 12, 1967
Service recordJames William Powell JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 85
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 85
- GEORGE PATRICK OTOOLE JRCaptain · December 12, 1967
- ROBERT ELWOOD BENNETT IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- ROBERT DEWITT BERTASpecialist Four · December 13, 1967
- BRUCE HOWARD BUMGARNERPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.