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WILLIAM JOHN KRALIK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1944 – April 13, 1968
Service recordWilliam John Kralik, of Culver City, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 44
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- October 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Culver City, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 44
- ERNEST ESTELL LESUREStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- DOUGLAS LEONARD LONG JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- BARRY DAVID LORDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- QUILLARD FRANK LYONSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
From Culver City
- PAUL GLEN DAWSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- FRANCISCO XAVIER SAENZPrivate First Class · June 13, 1965
- JOSEPH MILTON BUTLERPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1965
- MICHAEL VINASSASpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS PITTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- CLIFFORD JAMES VOLKE IISergeant · January 23, 1968
- JACK BURT GORTONSergeant · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY MINKOSergeant · December 22, 1968
- TED DOUGLAS MILLSSergeant · March 21, 1969
- JIMMY WAYNE PHIPPSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
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.