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ADDISON WILLIAM PAGE JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 13, 1950 – October 7, 1971
Service recordAddison William Page JR, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1971; three of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 35
- CARL WAYNE THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1971
- PAUL ROLAND CARSONSergeant · October 6, 1971
- GERALD FIELD MCGLONECaptain · October 7, 1971
- RAFAEL PEREZ-VERDEJASpecialist Four · October 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GERALD FIELD MCGLONECaptain · Panel 2W, Line 35
- RAFAEL PEREZ-VERDEJASpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 35
From Worcester
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- ROBERT J DIREDAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 1967
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.