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WILLIAM CHARLES CHENEY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 26, 1937 – December 31, 1967
Service recordWilliam Charles Cheney, of Rome, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 7
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 498 MED CO USARV
- Born
- July 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Rome, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “498 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 7
- DICKEY CHAMBLEESpecialist Four · December 31, 1967
- EDWARD ALTON COMBSSpecialist Four · December 31, 1967
- WILLIE FRED DAIL JRPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · December 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD ADAMSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33E, Line 6
- WILLIAM DELBERT HOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 8
From Rome
- BRADFORD THOMAS GRIFFINLance Corporal · September 12, 1967
- ROBERT NIELSENCorporal · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR RUSSELL JANSENCorporal · January 24, 1968
- HENRY F HENDERSON IIIPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- JOSEPH A MARTURANO JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL TANNEYLance Corporal · September 23, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN MONTOYA JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1968
- WYATT STEPHEN THOMASPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD HENDRIXSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
- MARTIN ALLEN MCZEALSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
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.