The Wall › Panel 30W › Illinois › William Lyle Gough
WILLIAM LYLE GOUGH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1948 – March 6, 1969
Service recordWilliam Lyle Gough, of Atwood, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 54
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Atwood, Illinois (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 54
- JOHN ALBERT GRABBESpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- LOWELL ROGER GROVESPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- BRUCE JOHN GUEXCorporal · March 6, 1969
- GLENN BRANSON HAINES JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
From Atwood
- JAMES E PENNINGTON JRCorporal · September 24, 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.