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WILLIAM ROBERT DEVORE
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1947 – November 28, 1966
Service recordWilliam Robert Devore, of Bremerton, Washington, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 28, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 126
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Bremerton, Washington (Kitsap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 126
- JOHN JOSEPH STEWARTPrivate First Class · November 27, 1966
- DAVID WISNIEWSKIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1966
- ROBERT CRAIG BOELZNERPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- LARRY FLOYD CASTLEWarrant Officer 1 · November 28, 1966
From Bremerton
- DANIEL WILLIAM HARMONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- RUSSELL BERNDT WALKERPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE KERRLieutenant Commander · March 10, 1967
- CHARLES C ANDERSON JRCaptain · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK WRIGHTSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- GREIG ROBERT PARKHURSTPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- STEPHEN PETER BARKERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES SPENCERSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- WADE RUSSELL REAUMECorporal · March 25, 1968
- JIMMIE ALAN DOLENCorporal · May 5, 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.