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WILLIAM EMERSON
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1941 – November 20, 1968
Service recordWilliam Emerson, of Concord, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 16
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- December 14, 1941
- Home of record
- Concord, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 16
- LEONARD BEATTY JRPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- ALBERT D CONTREROS JRSergeant · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CRESCENZCorporal · November 20, 1968
- RICHARD WALTER DIERSSergeant · November 20, 1968
From Concord
- EDWARD JOSEPH DALTON JRSecond Lieutenant · August 14, 1966
- THOMAS ROBERT DICKEYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
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.