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WILLIAM ALLEN REES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1943 – May 5, 1968
Service recordWilliam Allen Rees, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 28
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 36 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 28
- NELSON R RAMIREZPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- LYNLEY LEE RASHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- BARRY THOMAS REINHARDTSergeant · May 5, 1968
- DAVID JOHN ROBERTSLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE EDWIN CHERVONYSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 6
- JERRY RICHARD DUNDASSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 10
- MORRIS LAFOND FLEMINGPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 11
- CARLYLE GUENTHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 14
- LENWOOD THOMAS HARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 15
- GERALD LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 18
- LLOYD LOCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 23
- MICHAEL MOMCILOVICH JRCaptain · Panel 55E, Line 23
- WILLIAM JAMES PAPASergeant · Panel 55E, Line 26
- MILTON PHILLIP POTIERCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 27
- CRAIG COLLINS WALTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 34
From Drexel Hill
- ROBERT DANIEL HIGBEELance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- CONAL JOSEPH BYRNE JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CALLAHANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- RICHARD CRAWFORD NELSONCommander · March 6, 1968
- DONALD RAY WENTZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- DENNIS ROSS PAUL ISOMCaptain · March 3, 1969
- DONALD BRYAN MANCILLFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES KERLCaptain · February 6, 1971
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.