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LEE CHRISTOPHER JAMES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1946 – May 15, 1967
Service recordLee Christopher James JR, of St Clair, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 127
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- St Clair, Missouri (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 127
- EARL GILBERT GRUBBLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- JACK MARSTON HARRISSergeant · May 15, 1967
- CHARLES DALE HILLSeaman Apprentice · May 15, 1967
- NORMAN ROGER HOCKERCorporal · May 15, 1967
From St Clair
- THOMAS EDGAR MURRAYLieutenant (junior grade) · October 28, 1965
- ELLIOTT LYNN MERKLEPrivate · January 2, 1966
- STEVEN RICKY OLSONLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
- GEORGE DALE HARPERPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.