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Casualty Info
Home Town Green Bay
Last Address Green Bay
Casualty Date Jun 19, 1969
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Quang Nam (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Catholic Cemetery and Chapel Mausoleum - Green Bay, Wisconsin
United States Marine Corps Private First Class. Given Name was: James John Ahrens James was the second son of 4 boys born to parents Roy & Edna (LeFevre) Adams.
Birth May 6, 1949 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin USA
Grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Death June 19, 1969 in Quang Nam, Vietnam. From, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin USA.
James the son of Roy Ahrens and Edna(LeFevre) Ahrens of Green Bay, Wisconsin. James enlisted in the US Marine Corps on September 4, 1968 in Milwaukee WI. He arrived in Vietnam on March 12 1969 where he was assigned to and served with Company I, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
On June 19, while under the operational control of the 2d Battalion, the platoonâ??s patrol base near Hill 112 near the vicinity of the Dong Bich village complex the in Hieu Duc District of Quang Nam Province was attacked by the enemy. The perimeter was hit with a volley of B-40 rocket propelled grenade and mortar fire. Three Marines were killed and two were wounded during the attack, one of the casualties was PFC James Ahrens who was killed by multiple fragmentation wounds from the hostile enemy fire.
