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WILLIAM B WEATHERS III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 9, 1947 – July 17, 1968
Service recordWilliam B Weathers III, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 47
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 47
- PATRICK R SCULLY JRFirst Lieutenant · July 17, 1968
- DONALD JAMES SMITHSpecialist Four · July 17, 1968
- GARY DALE TICELance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- DALLAS RAY TRAVISPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.