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RUSSELL WILLIS NOYES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1945 – April 30, 1968
Service recordRussell Willis Noyes, of Woburn, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 19
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Woburn, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 19
- ROBERT ALAN MCPHERSONLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- GEORGE CLYDE NORRISFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- ROLLIE MELVIN NORTHOUSECorporal · April 30, 1968
From Woburn
- JOSEPH LAWRENCE DREWPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
- WILLIAM COOLEYSergeant · February 9, 1966
- EDWARD STEPHEN OBRIENSeaman · December 4, 1967
- CHARLES LEO ONEILL JRCorporal · July 19, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GERRISHHospitalman · September 7, 1968
- JOHN RALPH FRONGILLOWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD KENNEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCCORMACKPrivate · September 2, 1969
- CHARLES MCMAHON JRCorporal · April 29, 1975
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.