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WILLIAM CODAR STATES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1948 – April 20, 1969
Service recordWilliam Codar States, of Walker, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 15
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Walker, West Virginia (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 15
- GLENARD JAY GREGORYSergeant · April 20, 1969
- GEORGE JOSEPH PARKER JRSergeant · April 20, 1969
- SILAS WILLIAM PAROBEKPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
- TYRONE JOSEPH STATENFirst Lieutenant · April 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NICHOLAS ESPARZA JRCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 14
- SULLIVAN WALL WATSONSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 16
From Walker
- LAWRENCE LEON SMITHSergeant · March 22, 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.