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WILLIAM ROBERT MCNELLY
Private · U.S. Army
September 16, 1947 – July 4, 1969
Service recordWilliam Robert McNelly, of Ft Mason, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 62
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Mason, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- 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 July 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 62
- DARRELL EUGENE MCGEESpecialist Five · July 4, 1969
- JOHNNY ELLIS MCIECorporal · July 4, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS NOONANFirst Lieutenant · July 4, 1969
- RAYMOND LEE PIRRMANSpecialist Four · July 4, 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.