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WILLIAM JAY WOOLSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1950 – April 7, 1969
Service recordWilliam Jay Woolsey, of Lancaster, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 7, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 35
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
- October 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Lancaster, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 35
- THOMAS JOSEPH VASILCorporal · April 7, 1969
- DARRELL EDWARD WALDENSergeant · April 7, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES ALAIMOSergeant · April 8, 1969
- FRANCIS DOMINICK ALIVENTOWarrant Officer 1 · April 8, 1969
From Lancaster
- KENNETH WARD PUGHSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- MARK ANDREW FERGUSONLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PRITCHARDLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1968
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · November 20, 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.