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VICTOR EUGENE PRESS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 27, 1941 – April 1, 1967
Service recordVictor Eugene Press, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 27, 1941
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967; 21 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 86
- GEORGE HENRY JOURDENAISMajor · April 1, 1967
- LLOYD BURNEY MAGBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- ALLEN STANLEY MICANSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- WILLIAM SHELTON MORTIBOYCorporal · April 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES FRED BIVETTOPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 83
- ROGER LEE BRUNOSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 84
- GARY LEE FAUCETTPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 84
- RENE FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 84
- RAYMUNDO GOMEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 85
- ANGELO TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 89
- RICHARD MEAD WATERBURYSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 89
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 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.