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WILLIAM DAVID MONFORE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 21, 1943 – November 3, 1966
Service recordWilliam David Monfore, of Remsen, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 15
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Remsen, Iowa (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 15
- LARRY LEE LIBBEEPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- CLYDE J PERKINSFirst Lieutenant · November 3, 1966
- DALE ALLEN PERKINSSecond Lieutenant · November 3, 1966
- GARY LEE REAMLance Corporal · November 3, 1966
From Remsen
- DAVID ALAN FISCHLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- CORDELL BRUCE ROGERSCaptain · May 27, 1969
- THOMAS PAUL FRANKCommander · November 1, 1971
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.