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WILLIAM RUSSELL ALMON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 30, 1948 – July 30, 1968
Service recordWilliam Russell Almon, of Auburn, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 33
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Auburn, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 33
- JACK MERRIEL STRONGCorporal · July 29, 1968
- JAMES LEROY TANGEMANSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
- JOSEPH RUMMEL WHITE JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1968
- JAMES MARTIN WITHERSPOONSergeant · July 29, 1968
From Auburn
- REGINALD NICHOLASSergeant · October 3, 1965
- PETER GEORGE VLAHAKOSStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- HAROLD EVERETT WALKER JRSpecialist Five · March 8, 1968
- MICHAEL HUBERT DESCHENESPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- BRUCE IRVING LUTTRELLMaster Sergeant · May 20, 1969
- BERTRAND RONALD GAGNEPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- ALBERT LEE BELANGERPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
- ALLEN MELVIN HUTCHINSONCorporal · February 5, 1970
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.