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WILLIAM DALE SMALL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 21, 1943 – July 15, 1969
Service recordWilliam Dale Small, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 2
- CHARLES DAVID ORSUAAirman First Class · July 15, 1969
- HARMON POLSTERCaptain · July 15, 1969
- HENRY R REYESSergeant · July 15, 1969
- HARVEY F ROUNTREE JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 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.