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WILLIAM ALLEN GUILLORY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1946 – July 19, 1967
Service recordWilliam Allen Guillory, of Westlake, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 19, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 91
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Westlake, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 91
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- HERBERT PERRY HUNTERCommander · July 19, 1967
- WILLIAM BRAXTON JACKSONPetty Officer Second Class · July 19, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD JARANSONSpecialist Four · July 19, 1967
From Westlake
- LARRY GLEN HETZLERSpecialist Four · November 25, 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.