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WILLIAM SHELTON MORTIBOY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 13, 1947 – April 1, 1967
Service recordWilliam Shelton Mortiboy, of Overland Park, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 86
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Overland Park, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 86
- GEORGE HENRY JOURDENAISMajor · April 1, 1967
- LLOYD BURNEY MAGBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- ALLEN STANLEY MICANSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- VICTOR EUGENE PRESSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
From Overland Park
- DANIEL L SHERMANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
- ALLAN HERBERT MACDONALDSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
- JACK DENNIS RENFROLieutenant · November 7, 1966
- JEFFERY CLARK MCTEERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- KURTIS NOLAN CHAPMANLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH MERYSSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- JON PATRICK LAFRANCEPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- CLARENCE HENRY BOOLINSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- CHARLES BUTNER WALKER JRLance Corporal · September 3, 1969
- DAN L F COOMBS IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 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.