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WILLIAM EDWARD REES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1947 – October 5, 1967
Service recordWilliam Edward Rees, of Anamosa, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 55
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Anamosa, Iowa (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 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
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 55
- DONALD RAY PHIPPSWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- DANNY ELIE REIDCorporal · October 5, 1967
- NATHANIEL RIVERSSergeant · October 5, 1967
- JAMES LLOYD ROBINSONSpecialist Four · October 5, 1967
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.