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WILLIAM DAVID LOUNSBURY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 8, 1949 – July 21, 1969
Service recordWilliam David Lounsbury, of Warren, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 30
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
- Born
- April 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Warren, Pennsylvania (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 30
- JAMES MICHAEL COXSergeant · July 21, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN GRINNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 21, 1969
- Macdonald Brooke HALSEYSecond Lieutenant · July 21, 1969
- RICHARD DALE MCNABBCorporal · July 21, 1969
From Warren
- ROBERT HOWARD FUELLHARTCaptain · August 12, 1965
- QUENTON EDWARD SLOCUM JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIEL NUHFERSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- FRED WILLIAM SHATTUCK JRMajor · July 19, 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.