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WILLIAM CHARLES MOON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1949 – July 3, 1968
Service recordWilliam Charles Moon, of Joliet, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 3
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Joliet, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 3
- JAMES L M LITTLER IIICaptain · July 3, 1968
- RAYMOND SHARP LOFTUS IIICorporal · July 3, 1968
- CHARLES ANTHONY MARIASergeant · July 3, 1968
- WILLIAM GRADY MONCRIEFWarrant Officer 1 · July 3, 1968
From Joliet
- MICHAEL IRA SHANERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- ALBERT LEE VICICHCorporal · October 5, 1966
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN SLAGELPrivate · April 5, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- VERNON BERNABE VENEGASCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN KEITHSeaman · January 11, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK LEWISLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 1968
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.