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WILLIE F OXENDINE III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 26, 1947 – May 30, 1968
Service recordWillie F Oxendine III, of Fairmont, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 19
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairmont, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 63W, Line 19
- EDWARD MICHAEL MCNAMARAStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1968
- ERNEST ALVIN MOLZONPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- JOHN DAVID PAPESergeant · May 30, 1968
- JOHNNIE EARL POWELLPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
From Fairmont
- CHARLES TERRELL PITTMANSpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE JEROME PEPPERS JRSergeant · May 10, 1966
- BOBBY RAY JONESPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- WILLIE B MCNEILLSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- DAN MICHAEL BRITTSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- WYMAN GENE BRITTSpecialist Four · August 4, 1969
- VICTOR LAWRENCE JONESPrivate First Class · October 11, 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.