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WILLIAM ELBERT MAXWELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1946 – December 27, 1968
Service recordWilliam Elbert Maxwell, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 81
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 81
- THOMAS HAYESSergeant · December 27, 1968
- THOMAS LAMAR LEWISPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- FAGATOELE LOKENILance Corporal · December 27, 1968
- STEVEN DOUGLAS WILKERSONLance Corporal · December 27, 1968
From Tuscaloosa
- HENRY CARLOS TISDALEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1966
- RONALD LYNN GUYERLance Corporal · May 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PAYNEMaster Sergeant · December 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY C ABRAMS JRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1967
- JERRY FRANKS HOGANLieutenant Commander · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT VICTOR CRAINSergeant First Class · March 15, 1967
- MICHAEL GEAN RUSHINGCorporal · May 29, 1967
- HENRY LEON LITTLECorporal · June 15, 1967
- BENJAMIN F ROBERTSON JRMajor · June 17, 1967
- THOMAS CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · January 10, 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.