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WILLIAM EARL PROPST
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 25, 1947 – April 13, 1968
Service recordWilliam Earl Propst, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 46
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 46
- RICHARD PEGUEROCorporal · April 13, 1968
- PAUL EUGENE POIRIERSergeant · April 13, 1968
- ALFRED LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- JOSEPH CLARK REIDCorporal · April 13, 1968
From Cumberland
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
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.