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WILLIAM CLIVE LING
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 30, 1940 – February 22, 1968
Service recordWilliam Clive Ling, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 22, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 65
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 Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- September 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 65
- ROBERT CHARLES KRUMMSergeant · February 22, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT LAWRENCEFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- ROLAND PHILLIP LEVESQUESergeant · February 22, 1968
- FRANK JESSE LEE MADRIDPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.