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WILLIAM THOMAS HEDGPATH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1947 – April 26, 1967
Service recordWilliam Thomas Hedgpath, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 94
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
- June 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 94
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
- TILLMON POWELL HITCHCOCKPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ISAAC JONESLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- LEONARD OSCAR LAPORTLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- WALTER LEE SWAINCaptain · April 26, 1967
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.