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WILLIAM LAMAR DWIGHT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1947 – December 2, 1967
Service recordWilliam Lamar Dwight, of Dalton, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 23
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COM ACT 3 MAF
- Born
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Dalton, Georgia (Whitfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 23
- GERRY GEORGE CHESNUTSergeant First Class · December 2, 1967
- RICHARD ALEXANDER CROSBYStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- GEORGE LLOYD DUPLESSISCorporal · December 2, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 1967
From Dalton
- MICHAEL CLAY NATIONSSergeant · September 17, 1966
- KENNETH WAYNE OGLESSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- KENNETH IAN FINKELCorporal · September 20, 1967
- LAWRENCE BUFORD FLOWERSFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1967
- CHARLES EVAN BEAVERSLance Corporal · October 16, 1967
- DONALD FREDRICK PARKERLance Corporal · January 20, 1968
- KENNETH JERRY WILLIAMSSergeant · February 2, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM CLINESpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- GARY ROBERT CRUSESpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- JERRY LYNN POEPrivate First Class · September 15, 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.