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WILLIAM ALLEN MACHACEK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 11, 1948 – December 10, 1967
Service recordWilliam Allen Machacek, of Skokie, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 76
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
- January 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Skokie, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 76
- WASHINGTON CARVER MABLEPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- IRA JEROME MURPHREEPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- STEVEN HOWARD NELSONLance Corporal · December 10, 1967
- JOHNNY VILLARREALSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
From Skokie
- ROBERT ALAN PEACHPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- ANDREW HARRY SHIMPSpecialist Five · June 9, 1967
- SHELDON BORIS SCHULMANFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1967
- PAUL ALAN STENDERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- GERALD F PELZMANNFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD GIRSCHSergeant · April 5, 1968
- ROBERT M PRESS JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- TERENCE FRANCIS COURTNEYCaptain · May 2, 1972
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.