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WILLIAM HARDY UPCHURCH JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 1, 1943 – September 21, 1967
Service recordWilliam Hardy Upchurch JR, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 98
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967; 44 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 26E, Line 98
- WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- GARY EDWARD YOUNGCorporal · September 20, 1967
- VICTOR PATRICK ANDREOZZILance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY BAIRDSpecialist Four · September 21, 1967
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 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.