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ROBERT LEE JAMES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1950 – September 2, 1970
Service recordRobert Lee James, of Clinton, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 2, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 34
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)
- Born
- December 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Clinton, Missouri (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 34
- EDWARD CY MORROWCorporal · September 1, 1970
- MARION DOMINIC LAROSACorporal · September 2, 1970
- ROBERT WILSON ORTIZPrivate First Class · September 2, 1970
- ROBERT PAUL PAPEAirman First Class · September 2, 1970
From Clinton
- WILBUR RAY LUCASSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRANCIS PATRICK ROYALPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- STEPHEN JAMES STEWARTSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES TYEPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- EDWARD EARL STUMPStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1969
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.