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WILLIAM COLUMBUS STREVEL JR
Captain · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – March 1, 1969
Service recordWilliam Columbus Strevel JR, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 49
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 49
- JOSE LEZAMA JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT DARYL LIESERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- BOBBY PAT LINDLEYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- JAMES LEE LOCKEFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- CLYDE AUSTIN LUCASSpecialist Five · March 26, 1969
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.