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WILLIE BEDFORD
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
April 18, 1951 – May 3, 1970
Service recordWillie Bedford, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 89
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 89
- RAYMOND NOVELL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 2, 1970
- MICHAEL BANARD VARNADOChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 2, 1970
- DONALD LEE VOORHEESSergeant First Class · May 2, 1970
- ROBERT MILTON YOUNGCaptain · May 2, 1970
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.