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WILLIAM GRANT DAILEY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1945 – April 29, 1967
Service recordWilliam Grant Dailey JR, of Oak Park, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 113
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Oak Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 113
- ROGER DALE CAUDILLPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOHN CHLEWAPrivate · April 29, 1967
- DONNIE RAY DEHARTPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · April 29, 1967
From Oak Park
- NEIL A KROGERSecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD SEAN TURSKEYCorporal · August 7, 1967
- RANDALL BRUCE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH BONETTICorporal · June 13, 1968
- ROBERT DENNIS MARTINPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- DONALD NORMAN CARTLANDStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1969
- JOSEPH PAUL NOLAN JRCaptain · May 16, 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.