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WILLIAM FRED SOULE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 12, 1949 – August 15, 1968
Service recordWilliam Fred Soule, of Auburn, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 19
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- May 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Auburn, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 19
- ARCHIE LEE NELSON JRPrivate · August 15, 1968
- JAMES RONALD PARKERSpecialist Four · August 15, 1968
- ANTHONY JEROME PORTISCorporal · August 15, 1968
- ROBERT VINCENT SIMONSStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1968
From Auburn
- KENNETH EUGENE SARGENTSergeant · November 20, 1965
- GARY LEROY HOLZCorporal · October 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS GENE WINGERTPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RONALD LEE STROOMERPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWIN LINDERMANLance Corporal · March 22, 1968
- PATRICK EARL BROWERSergeant · January 17, 1969
- RANDAL LEE ROGERSSergeant · February 22, 1969
- HENRY ALBERT DYE JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- MONTY LEWIS HARBINSergeant · February 22, 1971
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.