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WILLIAM A MANSERGH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 15, 1941 – May 2, 1969
Service recordWilliam A Mansergh JR, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 100
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 15, 1941
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 100
- JERRY RAY LANGLEYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- PHILLIP LOUIS MASCARIMajor · May 2, 1969
- JERRY ROGER MEADOWSSergeant · May 2, 1969
- EDWARD CLAUS POWERSFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DURWARD FLURRYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 98
- FREDERICK JOHN FOLLETTESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 98
- JERRY ROGER MEADOWSSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 100
- EARNEST DALE MENLEYSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 101
- DENNIS RICHARD WAGIESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 104
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.