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WILLIAM BENJAMIN EZELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 7, 1948 – November 18, 1968
Service recordWilliam Benjamin Ezell, of West Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 7
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 7, 1948
- Home of record
- West Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 7
- DAVID RODNEY HOLTPrivate First Class · November 18, 1968
- DALE WILLIAM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 18, 1968
- FRANK MARTINEZPrivate First Class · November 18, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURRAY JRSpecialist Four · November 18, 1968
From West Monroe
- CARL DANIEL VIOLALance Corporal · May 30, 1966
- BUD AUGUSTINE GUILLORYPrivate · March 8, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM HAMILTON JRPetty Officer Second Class · April 25, 1967
- VOMER OVID WILSON JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY WORLEYPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT IRVING BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- BOBBY RAY TALTONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- CHARLIE EDWARD JENKINSSpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE BRATTONCorporal · November 11, 1968
- JIMMY CARTERPrivate First Class · January 12, 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.