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WILLIAM BISHOP WOLF
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 16, 1946 – October 14, 1965
Service recordWilliam Bishop Wolf, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 14, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 124
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- December 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 124
- ROBERT HARRY SCHULER JRMajor · October 15, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- JUAN BENITEZPrivate First Class · October 17, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT CHEMISGunnery Sergeant · October 17, 1965
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
- WILLIAM DION MCKILLOPPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.