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WILLIAM FRANCIS HALPIN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 25, 1947 – October 18, 1966
Service recordWilliam Francis Halpin, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 18, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 87
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 87
- JAMES WELDON HARGROVEChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 18, 1966
- GALE JACKSON HAYSPetty Officer Second Class · October 18, 1966
- ROBERT LAVERNE HILLChief Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- FREDERICK HARRY LEWISSergeant First Class · October 18, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.