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WILLIAM L MCCORMICK
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 31, 1945 – March 7, 1969
Service recordWilliam L McCormick, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 67
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- BLT 3 26 MAR 9 MAB
- Born
- December 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “BLT 3 26 MAR 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 30W, Line 67
- CARLOS O MALDONADOLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
- ROGER JAMES MAZALSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- RICHARD LAVERNE MUSSERCorporal · March 7, 1969
- JOHN HAYDEN WESTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 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.