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WILLIAM HUDSOL PLESS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 31, 1949 – January 4, 1969
Service recordWilliam Hudsol Pless, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 36
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
- October 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 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
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 36
- BOBBY GENE NEELDColonel · January 4, 1969
- JOSEPH MCKINLEY RANKINSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1969
- THOMAS ALAN SHERMANSergeant · January 4, 1969
- ROGER LEE TROXELLSergeant First Class · January 4, 1969
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.