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JESSE JAMES JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1946 – June 23, 1965
Service recordJesse James JR, of Paterson, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 23, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 16
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
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- February 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Paterson, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 16
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- CHARLES KENNEDY LOVELACEMajor · June 22, 1965
- JOHN EDGAR MOUGIER JRStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1965
- FRANK LESLIE ADAMSONPrivate First Class · June 24, 1965
From Paterson
- LLOYD VINCENT GREENESergeant · November 8, 1965
- RAFAEL SANTIAGO-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- WILLIAM HOBSON HUBBARDSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
- PETER FRANCIS MEADPetty Officer Third Class · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY LADUKELance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- WLADMIR WILLIAM ZUBARSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES GABRIEL JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- DONALD IANDOLISergeant · November 19, 1967
- ARTHUR JORDANPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- EDWARD KUBISKYSpecialist Four · January 20, 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.