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WILLIAM CALVIN BIFFLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1948 – September 20, 1969
Service recordWilliam Calvin Biffle, of Columbia, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 116
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbia, Tennessee (Maury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 116
- LELAND ALSTON BAILEYCorporal · September 20, 1969
- ROBERT MARTIN BUCHECKCorporal · September 20, 1969
- TIMOTHY ANDREW COOKSergeant · September 20, 1969
- CECIL DAUGHERTYSergeant · September 20, 1969
From Columbia
- JAMES T LOCKRIDGECorporal · June 12, 1966
- WILLIAM EUGENE HARGROVESpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- FRANK NELSON UZZELLPrivate · January 27, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES ANGUSSergeant · February 2, 1968
- NED RAYBURN BROWNSergeant · February 24, 1968
- JERRY GLEN BRIDGESStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1968
- ROBERT LEE THOMASSergeant · May 4, 1969
- WILLIE DEWITT ARMSSergeant · May 7, 1970
- MITCHELL ODELL BARNESSergeant · May 30, 1971
- EDWARD LOUIS HIMESSergeant · October 26, 1971
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.