PFC James W. Markwell

20 December 1989, Panama

Rangers

Private First Class James W. Markwell of Cincinnati, Ohio, died on 20 December 1989 while supporting Operation JUST CAUSE in Panama.

Markwell enlisted in the U.S. Army as a Combat Medic. After completing his initial training and Airborne School, he was assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.

PFC Markwell participated in the Ranger Regiment’s daring nighttime airborne infiltration into Panama and died of wounds received on the initial night of the operation. He was serving as a Medic in Company C, 1st Ranger Battalion at the time of his death.