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WILLIAM HENRY GOTTSCHALK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 15, 1943 – May 12, 1967
Service recordWilliam Henry Gottschalk, of Monee, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- October 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Monee, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 95
- JOHN MICHAEL GEARYLance Corporal · May 12, 1967
- RAYMOND ANDREW GIBBSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- EARL WILFRE GRENZEBACH JRColonel · May 12, 1967
- TERRY SHAVON HEARONPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.