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WILLIAM BERTUS ESSLINGER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1945 – June 1, 1967
Service recordWilliam Bertus Esslinger, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · 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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Cheyenne, Wyoming (Laramie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 27
- LONNEY LEWIS EHLERSCorporal · June 1, 1967
- FRANK JAMES GALLANTStaff Sergeant · June 1, 1967
- DONNELL HENDERSONLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH KILKENNYLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
From Cheyenne
- ROBERT FRED GUTHRIEPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BECKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANIEL TORREZLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- EDWARD MCNALLYSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- FRANK MAXWELL DARLINGPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PADILLASpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- EDWARD RAYMOND BRAUNPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- DENNIS BARRY FARRISPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM KOBELIN IICorporal · March 6, 1969
- ERNEST CLAUDE BALLANDStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1970
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.