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WILLIAM AMBROSE PROCTOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 24, 1943 – April 22, 1967
Service recordWilliam Ambrose Proctor, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 71
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967; four of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 71
- TIMOTHY COLEMAN PATTERSONSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RAUL BAUTISTA PEREZPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- WESLEY IRWIN PIZERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- GORDON ARTHUR ROUSE JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EARL K EASTERLINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 68
- ALEN LOUIS GARDNERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 69
- RAYMOND RIVERS TURNERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 72
- CLARENCE L WAYPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 73
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.