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WILLIAM CHARLES VANCE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1946 – April 4, 1968
Service recordWilliam Charles Vance, of Allen Park, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 13
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 Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- January 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Allen Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 13
- ROBERT L TAYLORSergeant First Class · April 4, 1968
- LUTHER TOMMY WILDERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- DAVID LEIGH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- JOHN DOUGLAS WOODARDPetty Officer Third Class · April 4, 1968
From Allen Park
- THOMAS RICHARD BRANDHospitalman Apprentice · August 18, 1965
- TOMMY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- DONALD FRED SCHAFERSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- KEVIN EUGENE MOLINECorporal · October 30, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES DEVINSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- MARK ALLAN TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN PENKELance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOSEPH GEORGE BOWMAN JRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- BRUCE STEWART GIBSONCaptain · September 11, 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.