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WILLIAM SHORTT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1946 – March 2, 1967
Service recordWilliam Shortt, of Edison, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 4
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Edison, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 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
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 4
- JOHN PATRICK ODONNELLPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- TERRY ALLEN PATTERSONPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- GEORGE MICHAEL SLOANPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- HAROLD KENNETH SOUTHWICKCorporal · March 2, 1967
From Edison
- RONALD MICHAEL MAYERCIKCaptain · November 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER PAVLOCAK JRPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD TAMAGNINIPetty Officer Third Class · June 15, 1968
- EDWARD HOWARD MEEKER JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JOSEPH LOUIS JACKSONCorporal · September 19, 1968
- HENRY JAMESPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER COLASURDOSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- WILLIAM PHILIP GOODINGSergeant · August 17, 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.