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WILLIAM IVAN MERCER
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 19, 1946 – June 15, 1968
Service recordWilliam Ivan Mercer, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 29
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 29
- ROBERT FRANCISCO LOPEZPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- FRANCIS EVERETT MANUELMaster Sergeant · June 15, 1968
- GERALD MCCLINTOCKPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- RICHARD BRIAN MURPHYLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DALE CRUSEHospitalman · Panel 57W, Line 24
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.