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WILLIAM ROBERT EMBRY JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 20, 1948 – November 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam Robert Embry JR, of Godfrey, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 26
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
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- December 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Godfrey, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 26
- WILLIAM GORDON CAMPLance Corporal · November 6, 1968
- LATNEY DEAN FERGUSONSergeant · November 6, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN FROSTSpecialist Four · November 6, 1968
- VERNON ROBERT FYALLCorporal · November 6, 1968
From Godfrey
- RICHARD ALLEN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- LESLIE DAVID NICKELSPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- RODGER THOMAS GROSSSpecialist Four · June 28, 1967
- STEPHEN FORREST WOODSSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- NOEL HURLEYSpecialist Four · October 25, 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.