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LEE ROY JAMES
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1930 – September 5, 1965
Service recordLee Roy James, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 5, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 76
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- November 8, 1930
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 76
- RICHARD CARLTON MARSHALLCaptain · September 5, 1965
- EDWARD BRENDAN SHAWLieutenant (junior grade) · September 5, 1965
- MICHAEL TERRANCE BADSINGLance Corporal · September 6, 1965
- ALLAN RUSSELL FISCHBACHLance Corporal · September 6, 1965
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JERALD RILEY TOWATERPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
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.