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WILLIAM ALLEN CURRENCE
Captain · U.S. Army
January 10, 1944 – January 15, 1969
Service recordWilliam Allen Currence, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 6
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 6
- FRANCIS HENRY CORWIN JRSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- STERLING EDWARD COXFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- NICKEY WADE CUTRELLSergeant · January 15, 1969
- HAROLD THOMAS DABNEYSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS HENRY CORWIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 6
- STERLING EDWARD COXFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 6
- GARFIELD M LANGHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 9
- JAMES BIRCH PETTEYSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34W, Line 9
- RONALD DENNIS SLAYTONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 10
- NICHOLAS JOHN SWIDONOVICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 10
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
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.