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WILLIAM ANTHONY WILK
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1944 – July 29, 1967
Service recordWilliam Anthony Wilk, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 49
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Field Artillery Officer (I) (0801)
- Born
- July 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 49
- ALLEN JOSEPH WHITELance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- FRED DONALD WHITELieutenant Commander · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WILFONGLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- KERRY DEAN WISDOMAirman · July 29, 1967
From Silver Spring
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD LOVELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD CLIFTON SMITHCorporal · April 6, 1966
- RALPH SIMONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- CHARLES GILMAN BUTLER JRLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
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.