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WILLIAM RALPH GILL JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1946 – September 9, 1966
Service recordWilliam Ralph Gill JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 9, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 80
- JAMES AZALOU BROWN JRPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD FISCHERCaptain · September 9, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- JOSEPH WALTER MATTLance Corporal · September 9, 1966
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.