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WILLIAM ALBERT ATWELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1948 – June 12, 1968
Service recordWilliam Albert Atwell, of Ajo, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · 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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Ajo, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 17
- ROBERT JOSEPH AUCOINPetty Officer Third Class · July 27, 1968
- THEODORE NICHOLAS BOLAKSpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- DURWOOD CAULDERLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- FRANK EUGENE FULLERTONCommander · July 27, 1968
From Ajo
- PETER GEORGE RUIZPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- FRANCISCO HERRERA OLEACorporal · October 9, 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.