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WILLIAM JOSEPH MACFARLANE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1948 – January 13, 1969
Service recordWilliam Joseph Macfarlane, of South Ozone Park, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 84
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
- August 23, 1948
- Home of record
- South Ozone Park, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 84
- WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORRELLSergeant · January 13, 1969
- RUDOLPH PEARSONCorporal · January 13, 1969
- GLEN EVERETT ROUNTREEStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT SPANGLERSergeant · January 13, 1969
From South Ozone Park
- RONALD EDWARD STORZLieutenant Colonel · April 28, 1965
- JOHN HENRY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- GARY STEVEN KADETZSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1966
- ARTHUR EDMUND DONOVANCorporal · January 25, 1967
- JONATHAN BLUE JRPrivate · November 26, 1967
- ANTHONY LOUIS CAPOZZIPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- ERNEST MAEHUE HODGESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- ROBERT THEODORE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- ALAN HOWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · February 6, 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.