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WILLIAM ANTHONY HERNANDEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 13, 1949 – January 6, 1969
Service recordWilliam Anthony Hernandez, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 43
- DAVID LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
- WALTER NORMAN KOSLOSKYWarrant Officer 1 · January 6, 1969
- CALVIN LEWISCorporal · January 6, 1969
- JOSE LIUS LOPEZPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOE JEFFERSON BRACKENSPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 41
- ROBERT REINHARD CHACONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 41
- ARTURO PEREZ GONZALESSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 42
- JAMES JOHN GROMPONESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 42
- DAVID LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 43
- CALVIN LEWISCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 43
- JOSE LIUS LOPEZPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 43
- JAMES FRANCIS MALLOYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 44
- MARVIN CLIFFORD PEDERSONSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 44
- CHARLES FRANKLIN THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 44
- TERRY LEE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 44
- RALPH LEE VOGELISergeant First Class · Panel 35W, Line 45
- CARL WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 45
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.