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WILLIAM BRIAN MONAHAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 6, 1947 – July 14, 1967
Service recordWilliam Brian Monahan, of West Islip, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1947
- Home of record
- West Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 71
- JEROME MOORELance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- GUILLERMO MUNOZPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL SCHRAMELSpecialist Four · July 14, 1967
- ROGER DALE SEGERSCorporal · July 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ELBERT THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 72
From West Islip
- DANIEL RUSSELL NIDDSStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- THOMAS FRANK POSTCorporal · September 3, 1968
- LEONARD SELANIKIOCaptain · September 6, 1968
- JAMES RALPH COOPERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- VAUGHN DAVID CONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · March 20, 1969
- DAVID FREDERICK BUKOWSKISpecialist Four · May 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.