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WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1946 – July 15, 1967
Service recordWilliam Lindley Canter, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 73
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)
- Born
- December 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 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
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 73
- DAN WILLIE ARCHER JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN BERGAirman First Class · July 15, 1967
- RUSSELL LEE BLANTONSergeant · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES FREDRICK BOSSAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
From Sarasota
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- MARLIN JAMES GOODHUESergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- DAVID PAUL WERNETPrivate First Class · August 18, 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.