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JOHN MATHAS JAMES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1946 – April 12, 1966
Service recordJohn Mathas James, of Spring Lake, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 106
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 3 MAR
- Born
- March 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Spring Lake, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1966
- 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
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 106
- LAVALL DURRLance Corporal · April 12, 1966
- WILLIAM ALBERT GLASSON JRCommander · April 12, 1966
- REUBEN BEAUMONT HARRISSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
From Spring Lake
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN FIELDSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROGER THOMAS MACNUTTCorporal · November 6, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN POLLSpecialist Five · November 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HENDERSONSergeant First Class · June 15, 1970
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.