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WILLIAM CHARLES BEHRENS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1947 – January 31, 1968
Service recordWilliam Charles Behrens, of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Microwave Systems Repairer (26L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Two Rivers, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 86
- JERRY DEAN BARKSDALELance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- RICHARD LOUIS BARTLEYCorporal · January 31, 1968
- RALPH THOMAS BERRYStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR BERRYStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LASZLO BOROSS JRSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 87
- RICHARD JOSEPH LACEYSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 20
- JOHN LEIF NIELSONPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 28
From Two Rivers
- THOMAS ALVIN SAGENPetty Officer Third Class · August 24, 1965
- ALLEN JOHN KAKUKPrivate First Class · August 9, 1966
- ROBERT PAUL RUMINSKILance Corporal · April 1, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREFCZYNSKIMaster Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- KARL EDWIN WEBERPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
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.