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WILLIAM ARTHUR DEBATES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1948 – April 1, 1969
Service recordWilliam Arthur Debates, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 102
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; nine of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 102
- FRANK JEROME CARROLLFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1969
- LELAND STEPHEN CROWLEY JRSergeant · April 1, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH CURRYPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- CARMELO DIAZ-ROMANSergeant · April 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EARL BOUYERPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 101
- RICHARD ALLEN THURSBYStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 106
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
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.