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WILLIAM CLAYTON AVERITTE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 25, 1945 – April 16, 1968
Service recordWilliam Clayton Averitte, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; 50 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 11
- CHRISTOPHER PAUL BATTAGLIAPetty Officer Second Class · April 16, 1968
- REGINALD CONRAD BELLSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- CHARLES BENHAM BOYNTON JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 16, 1968
- BRUCE KEITH CRAIGPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.