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JAMES WILLIAMS WASHKUHN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 8, 1948 – November 8, 1966
Service recordJames Williams Washkuhn, of New Berlin, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 8, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 45
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- May 8, 1948
- Home of record
- New Berlin, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 45
- CASPAR MARVIN WALSH IIISpecialist Four · November 8, 1966
- FRED JOSEPH WILLIAMS JRLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- LESLIE EDWARD WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 8, 1966
- NATHANIEL WYLEYSpecialist Four · November 8, 1966
From New Berlin
- WILLIAM ROBERT JANKASpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH CARRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES TOMCZAKSergeant · July 23, 1968
- MICHAEL OWEN MELLONCorporal · August 26, 1968
- ALEC HENRY HORNPrivate First Class · January 16, 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.