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WILLIAM ANTHONY BELAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 10, 1946 – May 26, 1967
Service recordWilliam Anthony Beland, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Born
- September 10, 1946
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 109
- ROBERT JAMES WHITEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD WISHAMPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- ANDREW SAMUEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- CHARLES DELMAR ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
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.