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WILLIAM LEON VICK
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1926 – August 30, 1968
Service recordWilliam Leon Vick, of Paducah, Kentucky, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 5
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CWO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer (2045)
- Born
- March 11, 1926
- Home of record
- Paducah, Kentucky (Mccracken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 5
- DONNY RAE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- SAMUEL RODGER CASTELLANOPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT DALTONSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- JOHN EDWIN DAVISCorporal · August 30, 1968
From Paducah
- BILLY JOE WATKINSStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1967
- KENNETH RAY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- BILLIE TAYLOR PRESSONCaptain · September 20, 1967
- DON POTTERSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- GIVEN WEST BRADLEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 1968
- JAMES DALE CRUSEHospitalman · June 15, 1968
- JAMES A WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1968
- JOHN R HORNSBYSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ARTHUR DALE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- ROY RUDOLPH WHITESIDEPetty Officer First Class · October 11, 1969
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.