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WILLIAM E GUSEMAN III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1946 – January 25, 1967
Service recordWilliam E Guseman III, of Finleyville, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 25, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 78
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Finleyville, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 78
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · January 25, 1967
- ARTHUR CECILIO AGUIRREStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1967
- JAMES PHILLIP BAUERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DENNIS WARREN BAXTERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
From Finleyville
- ROBERT GUY BROWNLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- KENNETH GEORGE CUSHMANSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- ALLEN ROBERT AMBROGISergeant · June 7, 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.