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WILLIAM RAYMOND KAUSE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 31, 1948 – September 20, 1968
Service recordWilliam Raymond Kause, of Pittston, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 49
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittston, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 49
- RAYMOND ALAN POWELLFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1968
- MIGUEL ROSARIO-CRUZ JRSergeant · September 20, 1968
- ROGER HARRY SCHOENERSeaman · September 20, 1968
- JAMES RONALD SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 20, 1968
From Pittston
- EDMUND SKUNDAPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- RONALD MICHAEL URBANSKISpecialist Four · February 20, 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.