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WILLIAM POWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 23, 1950 – July 17, 1968
Service recordWilliam Powell, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 46
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 23, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 46
- STEVEN ANDREW BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- PEDRO CHAVARRIA GONZALESPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- GARY PAUL ROWLETTPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR SALCIDOCorporal · July 17, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.