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WILLIAM GEORGE DUTCHES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1945 – June 14, 1966
Service recordWilliam George Dutches, of Hawthorne, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 46
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 46
- RALPH R SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1966
- JOHN DELBERT YOUNGLance Corporal · June 13, 1966
- JACK AMOS BAKERStaff Sergeant · June 14, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH BRANCATO JRLance Corporal · June 14, 1966
From Hawthorne
- RAYMOND ALLAN RENZSpecialist Four · June 2, 1967
- DENIS LAVERN SIMONEPetty Officer Second Class · October 23, 1968
- RICHARD J ROUGHGARDENFirst Lieutenant · September 14, 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.