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WILLIAM ARTHUR MALENFANT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 27, 1947 – January 15, 1971
Service recordWilliam Arthur Malenfant, of Nashua, New Hampshire, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Nashua, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 46
- CURTIS WAYNE MOORESpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
- WILLIAM NAKI IIISpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
- DELBERT RAY PORTERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1971
- BRIAN PATRICK RUSSELLSergeant · January 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL FRANKLIN COXSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 45
- ROBERT ERNEST SHARPECorporal · Panel 5W, Line 47
From Nashua
- ROBERT LOUIS GARDNERSergeant · June 13, 1962
- CZESLAW KOWALCZYKStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- WILLIAM WILKOWSKY JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- DAVID HOWARD WELLERPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- MARTIN JAMES CORONISWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS FLANAGANStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- WARREN RICHARD BROWNSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER HALLLieutenant Colonel · June 24, 1968
- ARMAND ALVIN SYLVESTRECaptain · July 15, 1968
- THOMAS DENNIS NADEAUSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
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.