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WILLIAM ARNOLD CASON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1946 – December 27, 1967
Service recordWilliam Arnold Cason, of Ida Grove, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Ida Grove, Iowa (Ida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 70
- WILLIAM H CARPENTER JRPrivate · December 27, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD CASTPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- KENNETH LEE CHAPPELLLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- BOYD EUGENE JONESSergeant · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE BINKOPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 68
- DAVID LEONARD BOGGSCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 69
- JOHNSON MINNITEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 79
- OSSIE REYNOLDSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 80
From Ida Grove
- DONALD LEROY JACOBSENCaptain · November 7, 1966
- STEVEN VINCENT CRUMSergeant · August 13, 1969
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.