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WILLIAM F VANCLEAVE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 13, 1950 – November 26, 1969
Service recordWilliam F Vancleave, of Temperance, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 126
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
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- March 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Temperance, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 126
- ARTHUR JOHN RAMBOStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1969
- TERRY LYNN REXROATPrivate First Class · November 26, 1969
- DAVID GERALD RITZPrivate First Class · November 26, 1969
- BARRY FRANK SCOTTSpecialist Four · November 26, 1969
From Temperance
- THOMAS EDWARD GRAYCorporal · May 11, 1969
- ROBERT E MITCHELL JRPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES WIDMERPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.