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WILLIAM OWEN JUERGENS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 18, 1945 – September 8, 1966
Service recordWilliam Owen Juergens, of Dubuque, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 8, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Dubuque, Iowa (Dubuque County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 76
- MICHAEL THOMAS DEFIBAUGHLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- ANTHONY DERIGGISpecialist Four · September 8, 1966
- CHARLES LEE HARTLANDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- MYLES CLAYTON SAVELLStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1966
From Dubuque
- RONALD WILLIAM MEYERSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1966
- ROY ROGER BLEWETTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CLEMENSHospitalman · January 9, 1967
- PETER EVERETT COOKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- JAMES CONRAD POWERSCaptain · May 26, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SUTHERLANDHospitalman · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS FITZGERALDHospitalman · January 31, 1968
- DANIEL H CHATFIELDSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- ELLAS LOUIS MIHALAKISSergeant · July 9, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS MYERS JRSergeant · July 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.