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WILLIAM DALEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1949 – January 29, 1969
Service recordWilliam Daley, of Mt Prospect, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · 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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Mt Prospect, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 13
- HUGH ELROY BEST IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 29, 1969
- DAVID FRANK CLEEREMANLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- JIMMY LEE CULWELLSergeant · January 29, 1969
- JESSE LEONARD ELLISPrivate First Class · January 29, 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.