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WILLIAM ARTHUR OBERG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1945 – July 5, 1965
Service recordWilliam Arthur Oberg, of Lafayette, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Oregon (Yamhill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 27
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- ALVIN CHESTERLance Corporal · July 5, 1965
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- BRYAN EUGENE GROGANSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1965
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.