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WILLIAM RESOR AMMON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1943 – April 16, 1968
Service recordWilliam Resor Ammon, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 10
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- March 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; 50 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 10
- DANIEL FLORE SANDOVALSpecialist Five · April 15, 1968
- ARNOLD SYLVANUS WHITECorporal · April 15, 1968
- EDWARD CODY ADAMSPetty Officer Second Class · April 16, 1968
- JOSEPH HAROLD ALLENLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · 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.