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WILLIAM ALLEN NEU
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 7, 1950 – October 12, 1970
Service recordWilliam Allen Neu, of Overland, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Overland, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 129
- JOHN STUART HUNTCorporal · October 12, 1970
- DONNIE RICHARD MARTINCorporal · October 12, 1970
- CASEY CLAYTON PERRYPrivate · October 12, 1970
- FRANCIS EDWARD POWERS JRCaptain · October 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE BATCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 127
- JERALD STEVEN DELONGCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 128
- JOHN STUART HUNTCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 129
- FRANCIS EDWARD POWERS JRCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 129
- CLIFFORD IVAN WRIGHTSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 130
From Overland
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH KINDREDPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- ALVERN WARREN SCHLOTTMANLance Corporal · October 7, 1966
- THOMAS J GRAGNANISpecialist Four · December 5, 1966
- HAROLD DENNIS VANBUSKIRKPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- BILLIE JOE BARNETT JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- MICHAEL JOE DINGUSCorporal · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD COOKSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- JAMES DAVID PRESSONSpecialist Four · March 6, 1970
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.