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JIM MARBLE RHEAD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1950 – August 30, 1970
Service recordJim Marble Rhead, of Ogden, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 25
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 25
- RUBERT GREGORY HUMPHREYSPrivate · August 20, 1970
- OTTO STONE JRPrivate First Class · August 30, 1970
- LEON PAUL TRIDLESpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
- EUGENE EBEN WOLTERSLance Corporal · August 30, 1970
- LARRY REAUMAINE CARTERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RODGER PINKNEY CROWSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 24
- OTTO STONE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 25
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 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.