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WILLIAM JAY PARTINGTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1949 – March 2, 1970
Service recordWilliam Jay Partington, of Marlboro, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 2, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 75
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Marlboro, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 75
- THOMAS GRANT LOVLEYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- LAVOY DON MCVEYCaptain · March 2, 1970
- DANNY JOE QUAITESpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM SKIBBESecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1970
From Marlboro
- ROBERT GEORGE BULL IICaptain · August 26, 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.