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WILLIAM CARL WHITLATCH JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 20, 1943 – December 12, 1969
Service recordWilliam Carl Whitlatch JR, of Moundsville, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 51
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Moundsville, West Virginia (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 51
- CASIMIR KULIKSergeant · December 12, 1969
- ARLYN LORANZ LAMPERTCorporal · December 12, 1969
- THOMAS VINCENT MARCHESEPrivate First Class · December 12, 1969
- JOSEPH LOUIS MENDOZASergeant · December 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CASIMIR KULIKSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 51
From Moundsville
- KERMIT HAROLD YOHOSpecialist Four · February 10, 1966
- JOSEPH CLAIR AUSTINColonel · March 19, 1967
- LOYAL BARON DOTYPetty Officer First Class · February 9, 1968
- LEONARD JOE ZELASKI JRLance Corporal · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT MELVIN LOUGH JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- GLEN LEE FULLERTONTechnical Sergeant · July 2, 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.