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WILLIAM C AHOUSE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1945 – June 8, 1968
Service recordWilliam C Ahouse, of Augusta, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 1
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 1
- BRIAN CARL WINNERPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- ERIC ARNOLD ANDERSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- JAMES ODELL ASHTONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- STEPHEN EDWARD AUSTINCorporal · June 8, 1968
From Augusta
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON LINDSEYPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- PAUL EUGENE SWIMPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1966
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- PHILLIP MALCOLM PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1966
- HOWARD D ULMER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 4, 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.