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EMORY DAVID VOORHIES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 31, 1947 – June 9, 1968
Service recordEmory David Voorhies, of Cambridge, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Ohio (Guernsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 16
- WILLIAM ANTHONY PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- HAROLD ALLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY WILSON JRLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- JACK LEE WOOLSEYLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
From Cambridge
- JOSEPH LEON KANEMaster Sergeant · April 4, 1966
- CARL ROSS HARBIN JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- CHARLES M WAYTSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR AUSMUSGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1968
- GARRY LYNN UPLINGERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD LEASUREPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM REEDMajor · July 24, 1970
- CLIFFORD EUGENE BENCHSpecialist Four · March 16, 1971
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.