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WILLIAM FREDRICK WILBER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1947 – May 16, 1966
Service recordWilliam Fredrick Wilber, of Champlin, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Champlin, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 66
- PEKKA TRUNKHAHNSpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- LOUIS G TURNERSergeant · May 16, 1966
- THOMAS H WELSHSergeant First Class · May 16, 1966
- ARTIS WESLEY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
From Champlin
- RONALD GENE JETTPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
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.