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W K UTAH CREASON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 29, 1949 – May 19, 1969
Service recordW K Utah Creason, of Quincy, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 52
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Quincy, California (Plumas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 52
- CHARLES DON BUCHANANSpecialist Five · May 19, 1969
- RICHARD CARBONESpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
- JAMES CALVIN COCKERLSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1969
- WILLIE CECIL DAVISSpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
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.