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WILLIAM MARVIN COMER JR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 10, 1942 – February 1, 1968
Service recordWilliam Marvin Comer JR, of Larned, Kansas, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 1, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 47
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 9 ASLT DIV 91
- Born
- December 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Larned, Kansas (Pawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 47
- CLYDE ELMER CARTER JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- CLYDE TERRY CODYStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
- DAVID LEROY COLLINSCorporal · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT L CONLEYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
From Larned
- LUZ VIEGRASpecialist Four · December 4, 1965
- RICHARD EARL ARNOLDSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- VIRGIL ARTHUR MURRAYSpecialist Four · March 17, 1966
- JOHN CABLE PETTY IISergeant · August 13, 1966
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.