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WILLIAM ALVIN COMLY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1950 – March 11, 1970
Service recordWilliam Alvin Comly, of Collingswood, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 11, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Collingswood, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 111
- ROGER LEROY COFFMANStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1970
- MARTIN JAMES DEHIMERSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- SAMUEL ALEXANDER DUMASSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- DENNIS FREDERICK GRACEFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 1970
From Collingswood
- LAWRENCE FRANK LUBONSKIPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MORRISSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
- JOHN DENNIS LEARYLance Corporal · April 27, 1969
- STEPHEN WALTER YOUNGSecond Lieutenant · September 6, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH MCCARTHYSergeant · May 7, 1970
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.