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WILLIAM JAMES REVELL III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1948 – June 17, 1969
Service recordWilliam James Revell III, of Florence, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Florence, South Carolina (Florence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 68
- ROBERT GEORGE NICHOLASPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WAYNE LOUIS NOTHSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- DAVID PEREZCorporal · June 17, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL PREWITTSergeant · June 17, 1969
From Florence
- SYLVESTER JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHNNY WILLIAM LLEWELLYNStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1966
- EARL MATTHEWS JRStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- HUGH WILLIAM WELLONSFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- EDDIE BOYD COOKE JRStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1966
- ANTHONY L FRANKSLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- HAZEL H HUMPHRIES IIICorporal · August 9, 1967
- MARION LEE MEGGSLance Corporal · November 16, 1967
- ROLAND K DAVISMajor · January 25, 1968
- HARLEY B HACKETT IIICaptain · July 24, 1968
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.