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MARC STEVEN JAMES
Seaman · U.S. Navy
August 2, 1948 – September 27, 1967
Service recordMarc Steven James, of New York, New York, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 27, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 9 ASLT DIV 91
- Born
- August 2, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 9 ASLT DIV 91”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 20
- THOMAS LEE HOOVERFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE HOSE JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- DAVID DUWAYNE KNOWLESSeaman · September 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WISELEE SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 27E, Line 18
- DAVID DUWAYNE KNOWLESSeaman · Panel 27E, Line 20
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.