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WILLIAM RUSSELL BELLER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 27, 1946 – April 30, 1967
Service recordWilliam Russell Beller JR, of Salina, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 118
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Salina, Kansas (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; 59 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 118
- BOBBY JOE ARDCorporal · April 30, 1967
- DAVID HARUM BASSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- KAROL RAYMOND BAUERStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1967
- FREDERICK WOOD BIVENS JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GEORGE GRAFFCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 121
- FREDDIE RICHARD PITTSLance Corporal · Panel 18E, Line 126
From Salina
- LLOYD DEAN LAKEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- GARY DEAN NAILCorporal · April 3, 1966
- KENNETH D WEISMaster Sergeant · September 13, 1967
- MICHAEL GENE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- EDDIE DEAN GADSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- THEODORE JANKE JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- LEONARD KEITH STEWARTCorporal · July 21, 1968
- RONALD LEE MUEHLBERGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- YALE REZIN DAVIS JRMajor · November 19, 1968
- GEAROLD LEE BRANDTPrivate First Class · June 10, 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.