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MICHAEL RAY JAMES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1947 – January 11, 1970
Service recordMichael Ray James, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 11, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 26
- DAVID WILLIAM FELKNERSergeant · January 11, 1970
- EDDIE DANIEL GLINNENSpecialist Four · January 11, 1970
- EDWARD JOSEPH HAMRICKSpecialist Four · January 11, 1970
- ROBERT ALAN HARRISONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1970
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
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.