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WILLIAM RONALD BISSELL
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 10, 1948 – May 22, 1968
Service recordWilliam Ronald Bissell, of Cabin John, Maryland, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 5
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Cabin John, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 5
- DENVER JOSEPH BERKHEIMERLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- DARRELL DWANE BRATTONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- BILLY MAC BRISTERSergeant · May 22, 1968
- DAVIS FREEMAN BROWNPrivate First Class · May 22, 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.