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WILLIAM EDWARD TEER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 3, 1946 – September 13, 1966
Service recordWilliam Edward Teer, of West Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 94
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
- January 3, 1946
- Home of record
- West Columbia, South Carolina (Lexington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1966; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 94
- CORNELIUS PAUL KENEALLYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- JERRY EAIRD COFFEYPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- THOMAS CARL DELLPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
From West Columbia
- MERLE BRUCE MORROWLance Corporal · November 27, 1967
- JOE THOMAS SHUMPERTSpecialist Five · December 25, 1967
- JOSEPH WALTER RICHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1968
- BRADY WILLIAM HERRINGSpecialist Four · September 16, 1968
- CARL LEWIS HOLDERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- GERALD RALPH PUGHCorporal · July 5, 1969
- RICHARD ATWOOD SNOWDONFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1969
- RICHARD LEE SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 5, 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.