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WILLIAM A SLAUGHTER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1942 – October 28, 1965
Service recordWilliam A Slaughter JR, of Oxford, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Oxford, Maryland (Talbot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 1
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- FRANK DAVID GARRETTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- EDWARD ELLIOTT GRABOSKEYPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 2
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 2
- LARRY PAUL LUSSIERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 2
- BELTON LYLES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 2
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · Panel 3E, Line 3
From Oxford
- LAWRENCE RANDOLPH BULLENFirst Lieutenant · August 26, 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.