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WILLIAM HARRY SHULTZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1950 – May 15, 1969
Service recordWilliam Harry Shultz, of Columbia, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 21
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
- January 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Columbia, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 21
- HARRY DANIEL SARAKOVPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- BRUCE SAUNDERSSecond Lieutenant · May 15, 1969
- JOHN LAVERN SCHULTZPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
From Columbia
- FRANK FREDERICK DOUGLASPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- THOMAS EARL BAILEYCorporal · July 2, 1967
- JOHN R EVANSSergeant · July 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES ENGROFFPrivate · October 9, 1967
- RAYMOND BRUCE THOMASCorporal · September 5, 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.