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WILLIAM MERRITT NEELEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 5, 1949 – April 21, 1968
Service recordWilliam Merritt Neeley, of Olmsted, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 24
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- September 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Olmsted, Illinois (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 24
- BERNARD JOSEPH NEWHOUSEPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1968
- ROBERT LEE OLLOMPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- FLOYD WARREN OLSENLieutenant Colonel · April 21, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE REBERGSergeant · April 21, 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.