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WILLIAM C PROCTOR JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1946 – July 18, 1969
Service recordWilliam C Proctor JR, of Burbank, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 16
- ROBERT VICTOR MOOREPetty Officer Third Class · July 18, 1969
- ROBERT STEPHEN SHEGOGUECorporal · July 18, 1969
- HECTOR VALLELance Corporal · July 18, 1969
- HENRY ONEIL WILHOITEFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1969
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 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.