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WILLIAM NICHOLAS LOOMIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1949 – September 13, 1967
Service recordWilliam Nicholas Loomis, of Salem, New Hampshire, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 66
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
- Born
- January 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Salem, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 66
- JOHN OSCAR KERNEYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- RICHARD MARVIN KROSSENSpecialist Four · September 13, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE MULCAHYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- KENNETH CARL RAKENTINEPlatoon Sergeant · September 13, 1967
From Salem
- ROBERT BERNARD MANNPrivate First Class · July 11, 1966
- JAMES NORMAN FINNSergeant First Class · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILFRED GAUDETPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1969
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.