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Marine PFC William Lloyd McFarland.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Granite City
Last Address Granite City
Casualty Date Sep 22, 1968
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Thua Thien (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Saint John's Cemetery - Granite City, Illinois
F-4B 150459 DOWN NORTH OF HIGHWAY QL-1, 4 KM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CAPE CHON MAY 19680922
UTM grid reference is AU809049
WIA/DOW 22Sep
2xKIA by B/T on 22Sep68 vicinity crash site.
Pfc. U.S. Marine Corps, {MC2434647}, Vietnam War - Pfc. McFarland died of his wounds from small arms fire on 9-22-1968 while serving as a Machine Gunner 0331 with K Co. of the 3rd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. Pfc. McFarland started his tour of Vietnam on 7-12-1968. He is the son of Mr. Arthur McFarland of 2610 Madison Avenue, Granite City, Illinois & Mrs. Florence McFarland of 715 Southeast 3rd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and he enlisted with the Marines in St. Louis, Missouri on 1-30-1968.
