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WILLIAM FRANCIS SEVENEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 11, 1946 – July 29, 1967
Service recordWilliam Francis Seveney, of Ware, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 42
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Ware, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 42
- DALE RAY ROSSPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES MIKEL RUNNELSAirman · July 29, 1967
- HARVEY DREW SCOFIELDAirman · July 29, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
From Ware
- ROLAND ANDRE PROVENCALPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- ALFRED L JASNOCHA JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR BORONSKISergeant First Class · March 24, 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.