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EVERETT AUSTIN CURRENCE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 21, 1947 – July 25, 1966
Service recordEverett Austin Currence, of Rock Cave, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 73
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Rock Cave, West Virginia (Upshur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 73
- GARY NOLAN BASSLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN BOKINAStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRIS DYVIG JRPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.