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WILLIAM JOHN RUSSELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 24, 1949 – November 21, 1968
Service recordWilliam John Russell JR, of Lima, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 30
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
- March 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Lima, Ohio (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 30
- WAYNE E SKOLITSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- CHARLES LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- JOE HARRY STANLEYSergeant · November 21, 1968
- EDDY GALE SUMPTERSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
From Lima
- LARRY LEE TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- MARINER PATRICKPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- ARMON D SHINGLEDECKERCaptain · May 31, 1966
- DANIEL LEE GARRISONSeaman · December 26, 1966
- DAVID EUGENE GOSSARDPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- JAMES DUDLEY SHAFERSergeant · November 6, 1967
- LOUIS TIMOTHY HAZZARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL DWAINE NEWLANDPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- JOHN FRANKLIN KENNEDYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- MICHAEL DONVIAN WILSONPrivate First Class · September 3, 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.