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WILLIAM A MAGUIRE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 16, 1949 – September 28, 1969
Service recordWilliam A Maguire JR, of Short Hills, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 17
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
- June 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Short Hills, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 17
- DENNIS OLIVER MCGHEESpecialist Four · September 28, 1969
- STEVEN PAUL MULLINEAUXPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- KENNETH ALFRED SCHIMANSKISergeant · September 28, 1969
- PAUL HENRY REESECaptain · September 29, 1969
From Short Hills
- JUSTIN RICE WHITING IVPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- CHARLES MARK JUDGE JRSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- WILLIAM D HUYLER JRSecond Lieutenant · September 14, 1967
- WILLIAM F MULLINS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- PHILIP CRAIG BENNSecond Lieutenant · March 26, 1968
- CLAUDE JOSEPH GASPARD JRSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
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.