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WILLIAM DELY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1946 – June 13, 1966
Service recordWilliam Dely, of Selbyville, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- May 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Selbyville, West Virginia (Upshur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 44
- CHARLES WILLIAM BURKART JRColonel · June 13, 1966
- JOHN DALE COOKCorporal · June 13, 1966
- DONALD ANTHONY DISAPIOLance Corporal · June 13, 1966
- WILLIAM H GAMBLESergeant · June 13, 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.