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WILLIAM CORREIA MEDEIROS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 27, 1945 – April 16, 1968
Service recordWilliam Correia Medeiros, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 18
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)
- Born
- September 27, 1945
- Home of record
- New Bedford, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- 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 18
- MAURO MARTINEZPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- JOE ROGER MELCZEKLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- GARY PAUL MERINGAPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- HERVE JEAN MOISEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
From New Bedford
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · April 29, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 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.