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WILLIAM MARVIN LIGHT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 5, 1945 – April 5, 1969
Service recordWilliam Marvin Light, of Pinckney, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 19
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
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Pinckney, Michigan (Livingston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 19
- BURLEY DARREL KIRACOFECorporal · April 5, 1969
- RICHARD TYRONE LEAVELLPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- PAUL RAYMOND LEHOULLIERLance Corporal · April 5, 1969
- ROBERT CHAGOYA LIRAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HERCLIFF GAMBOA JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 17
- HUGH GILBERT HILL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 18
- JERRY WAYNE MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 20
- BOYCE DEAN PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 21
- LARRY RIEK RIEKENSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 22
From Pinckney
- JAMES MICHAEL LOSOPrivate First Class · June 10, 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.