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WILLIAM RICHARD MARYFIELD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 14, 1943 – March 14, 1968
Service recordWilliam Richard Maryfield, of Pana, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 50
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Laundry And Bath Specialist (57E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Pana, Illinois (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 50
- WILLIAM WALKER MCCONNELLSpecialist Five · March 14, 1968
- EARL CHESTER MINARDSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- WILBUR LOVING MINTER JRLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS MORSE JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FRANKLIN COSBYPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 45
- EARL CHESTER MINARDSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 50
From Pana
- FRANCIS ALBERT ROCHKESWarrant Officer 1 · August 9, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL MCKENNAPrivate First Class · October 27, 1969
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.