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WILLIAM SCOTT HARALSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 23, 1948 – June 4, 1968
Service recordWilliam Scott Haralson, of Everett, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 11
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
- February 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 11
- RANDALL MARK DAVISPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- JAMES FREDERICK LEWISPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- JAMES DELTON MOFFETTCorporal · June 4, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN POLLEYPrivate · June 4, 1968
From Everett
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1967
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.