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WILLIAM LINCOLN MARCY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 30, 1944 – May 20, 1969
Service recordWilliam Lincoln Marcy, of Norwich, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 60
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Norwich, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Hamburger Hill was under way. On Đồng Ấp Bia (Hill 937) in the A Shau Valley (10–20 May 1969), the 101st Airborne Division attacked entrenched North Vietnamese troops for ten days; the soldiers called it “Hamburger Hill.” The heavy losses fed the debate at home over the war’s tactics. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 24W, Line 60
- JAMES ALEX JENKINSCorporal · May 20, 1969
- BRUCE IRVING LUTTRELLMaster Sergeant · May 20, 1969
- ROBERT J MCDOWELL JRLance Corporal · May 20, 1969
- TOMMY DEE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD ALLEN BROOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 58
- JOE THOMAS CONKLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 58
- ANTHONY BONGOSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 59
From Norwich
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNEELYCaptain · November 27, 1965
- FRANCIS CHARLES DONOHUEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- HAROLD RICHARD NIELSENCorporal · July 21, 1967
- DAVID VAUTOURLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
- ALTON BROWNING SEBASTIANSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD DONOVANPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN GRILLO JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- AARON LIEB ROSENSTREICHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS HOWARDSergeant · June 10, 1969
- ROBERT LEE PENDERGASTSergeant · April 13, 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.