He and six other Marines were killed during a training accident at Hawthorne Army Depot, in Nevada.
William had joined the Marines in October of 2010 and had been deployed once to Kuwait and twice to Afghanistan.
Wild was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
His awards include the Combat Action Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, and NATO Medal-ISAF Afghanistan.
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