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WILLIAM WARREN SURETTE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1940 – January 20, 1970
Service recordWilliam Warren Surette JR, of Endicott, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 20, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 50
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- May 23, 1940
- Home of record
- Endicott, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 50
- FRANK ANTHONY PECORAROSpecialist Four · January 20, 1970
- WILLIAM LEROY PHILLIPSCaptain · January 20, 1970
- ROGER LEE SCOTTWarrant Officer 1 · January 20, 1970
- RONALD S ATHANASIOUPetty Officer Third Class · January 21, 1970
From Endicott
- AARON GREGORY FIDIAM JRTechnical Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD BOSTOCKStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1967
- FRANK FETTUCCIAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- GARY LEE PARSONSPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLES MACKOColonel · February 22, 1969
- LARRY JAMES CONKLINSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- FRED KARAMANPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- WAYNE LOUIS CARLSONLance Corporal · August 26, 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.