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WILLIAM ALFRED BASON II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1946 – February 4, 1966
Service recordWilliam Alfred Bason II, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 136
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 136
- RONALD PAUL ALMARAZPrivate · February 4, 1966
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- RONALD LEE BEUSTERCorporal · February 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 136
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 1
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 1
- JIMMY ALLEN MARCUMSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 2
- JAMES R NEUBAUERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 2
- PAUL RAY SETZERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 2
- FRANK RAYMOND STAMPERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 2
- ARNOLD E ISONSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 3
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 3
- JOHN H THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 3
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
- DONALD LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 6, 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.