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WILLIAM FLOYD BRONSON JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 17, 1949 – March 9, 1968
Service recordWilliam Floyd Bronson JR, of Gardner, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 9, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 46
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Temp/Perm Disability Retired List (Over 120 Days)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV REIN FMF
- Born
- March 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Gardner, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 46
- DIXIE CARL BERGERCorporal · April 29, 1968
- BEN STANLEY BITELSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- GERALD RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- ELMO LARRY BUTLERCorporal · April 29, 1968
- WALTER KIRT CLARKEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
From Gardner
- EMILE JOSEPH LEGERESpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- JOHN CHESTER GEMBORYSLance Corporal · July 30, 1967
- FIDELE JOSEPH BASTARACHESergeant · May 27, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM CARDONAStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1969
- FRANCIS JOSEPH COULOMBELance Corporal · July 28, 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.