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WILLIAM ROYAL LINDSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1950 – May 25, 1968
Service recordWilliam Royal Lindsey, of Channelview, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 68W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68W · 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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Channelview, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; ten 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 68W, Line 5
- WILLIAM MCNAMARA LEVENDISCorporal · May 25, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN LONGTINEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- ANTONIO LOPEZ JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- THOMAS ROBERT MALONEYSergeant · May 25, 1968
From Channelview
- BILLY EDWARD BROWNLance Corporal · July 31, 1967
- ALVIA GRADY BRYANTCorporal · January 1, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MANNINGFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 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.