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WILLIAM FRANCIS VOHS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1946 – July 23, 1966
Service recordWilliam Francis Vohs, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 23, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 64
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 31, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 64
- GENE THOMAS PEMBERTONColonel · July 23, 1966
- WILLIAM WARD SMITHCaptain · July 23, 1966
- ORVILLE D WELLSCorporal · July 23, 1966
- WILLIE WOODSON WILKERSONMaster Sergeant · July 23, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.