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WILLIAM ARNOLD KETCHUM JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 15, 1951 – November 29, 1970
Service recordWilliam Arnold Ketchum JR, of Littlerock, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 29, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 93
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Littlerock, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 93
- JON MARC KINGFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1970
- CHARLES LOUIS KOLLENBERGFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1970
- LEE ROY EDWARD LINTONStaff Sergeant · November 29, 1970
- SAMMIE JAMES LONGSergeant · November 29, 1970
From Littlerock
- CLARK EDWARD SAPPCorporal · May 30, 1967
- SCOTT MARSHALL CARPENTERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- BARRETT CHAMBERLAND BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · August 22, 1969
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.