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WILLIAM FRANK PELTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 26, 1946 – September 10, 1967
Service recordWilliam Frank Pelton, of Everett, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
66 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1967; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 49
- JOHN THOMAS MCDANIELPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- SIMON ADOLPH NAQUINCorporal · September 10, 1967
- LARRY RAY PALMERLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
From Everett
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 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.