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WILLIAM LEE HARTLEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 8, 1938 – August 23, 1966
Service recordWilliam Lee Hartley, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · 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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- September 8, 1938
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 30
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- NORMAN ANTHONY HEFTSpecialist Four · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES VICTOR PICCOLELLAPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.