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WILLIAM CHARLES LEGAT
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
April 20, 1932 – October 30, 1969
Service recordWilliam Charles Legat, of Ventura, California, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 6
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Born
- April 20, 1932
- Home of record
- Ventura, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 6
- DOUGLAS HUGH LOTT JRSpecialist Five · October 30, 1969
- EMILIO RIVERAPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
- LARRY STEPHEN SLAYMAKERSeaman · October 30, 1969
- WESLEY WILLIAM VERMEESCHPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
From Ventura
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- MICHAEL PERRY MORITZSpecialist Five · June 16, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CREIGHTON ROBERT DUNNSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES APPLEGATESpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · July 10, 1967
- DONALD MELVIN SEWELLColonel · November 9, 1967
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.