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WILLIAM DAVID MORELAND
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1941 – January 16, 1968
Service recordWilliam David Moreland, of Montebello, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on January 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 59
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmfp/Rf-4b (I) (7545)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMCJ 1 MAG 11 1 MAW
- Born
- July 27, 1941
- Home of record
- Montebello, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 16, 1968
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VMCJ 1 MAG 11 1 MAW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 34E, Line 59
- DARRELL CLIFFORD LINTPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- FRED WAYNE MAGNUSSONPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- KEVIN JAMES MAGUIRESpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- FRANK COLLINS PARRISHMaster Sergeant · January 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL STUART GEECaptain · Panel 34E, Line 58
From Montebello
- GARY LEROY WESSELMANWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1967
- JAMES STEWART KELLSergeant · October 18, 1967
- REGINALD JOSEPH RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · February 17, 1969
- THOMAS LAMONTE DIVES JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 2, 1969
- JOE FRANK GAYOSSOPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.