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WILLIAM FRANCIS MCNULTY
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 20, 1946 – August 9, 1970
Service recordWilliam Francis McNulty, of Green Island, New York, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 9, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 98
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Green Island, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 98
- JOHN HENRY LIGHTSEYCorporal · August 9, 1970
- DAVID THORNTON MADDUXCaptain · August 9, 1970
- ANTHONY VINCENT MARTINEZPrivate First Class · August 9, 1970
- JOE REYNA JRPrivate First Class · August 9, 1970
From Green Island
- MARL W MCCUTCHEN JRStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1967
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.