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ERNEST PRESIDENT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 24, 1941 – October 10, 1965
Service recordErnest President, of Ft Pierce, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Ft Pierce, Florida (St Lucie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 116
- HAROLD MICHAEL HAMBRICKSergeant · October 10, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- HARRY EDWARD HIMMELREICHPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GRAYSON BERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 115
- RONNIE MARSHALL DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 115
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 115
- LAWRENCE ANDRE FRANKLINSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 115
- HARRY EDWARD HIMMELREICHPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 116
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 116
- JAMES JOSEPH REILLY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
- EUGENE MERLYN RICKSergeant First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
- WILFRED ROLAND ROBILLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
- RONALD KEITH SCHUKARPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
- VAN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
From Ft Pierce
- JOSEPH BRADSHAW BAGGETTMajor · December 16, 1965
- CLAUDDELL GANDYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ARTHUR WILLIE GREENEPrivate · January 20, 1967
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- HERSHEL HILLARY ROHN JRMajor · August 6, 1967
- VANESTER LAMAR HESTERSpecialist Five · November 13, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CULBERTH JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · January 10, 1968
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JIMMY HERMAN SMITHLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
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.