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WILLIAM JOHN BECKER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 21, 1948 – January 9, 1970
Service recordWilliam John Becker, of Lakeview, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 9, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 16
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Lakeview, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1970. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 16
- MICHAEL CLARENCE VICKERYCorporal · January 8, 1970
- WILLIAM JUNIOR AHARTSpecialist Five · January 9, 1970
- LARRY PAUL BARTLETTSergeant First Class · January 9, 1970
- EDGAR LEE BISHOPSergeant · January 9, 1970
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.