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WILLIAM EARL CATE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1936 – September 15, 1966
Service recordWilliam Earl Cate, of Hillsboro, New Hampshire, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 96
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 4, 1936
- Home of record
- Hillsboro, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 96
- WILBUR EUGENE SWINDELLStaff Sergeant · September 14, 1966
- LARRY GLEN THRASHERLance Corporal · September 14, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- ROBERT D BUTLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
From Hillsboro
- ROBERT SHEEHAN CASTELOTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- RALPH ARTHUR HOWARDStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1970
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.