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GORDON WALDEMAR WILL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 20, 1945 – October 19, 1967
Service recordGordon Waldemar Will, of Waupaca, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 42
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Waupaca, Wisconsin (Waupaca County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 42
- HERBERT LEON THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 1967
- CARL AUGUSTUS BALLENGERStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD CLARK JRSergeant · October 20, 1967
- WAYNE ALBERT COLANTUONOSpecialist Four · October 20, 1967
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.