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WILLIAM JOHN DOLAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1948 – April 17, 1968
Service recordWilliam John Dolan, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · 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
- September 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 35
- DENNIS FRANKLIN WESTBROOKPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- HOWARD C WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1968
- TOMMIE DORSEY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- DAVID KEITH WYRICKPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
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.