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WILLIAM D HUYLER JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1944 – September 14, 1967
Service recordWilliam D Huyler JR, of Short Hills, New Jersey, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Short Hills, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 72
- PERLEY MILFORD LONG JRPrivate · September 14, 1967
- THOMAS E MURRAYPlatoon Sergeant · September 14, 1967
- TONEY NELSON JRLance Corporal · September 14, 1967
- JOSEPH SHEPHERD ROSE JRCaptain · September 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEROY HOWARDPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 71
- PERLEY MILFORD LONG JRPrivate · Panel 26E, Line 72
- THOMAS E MURRAYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 72
- JOSEPH SHEPHERD ROSE JRCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 72
- DAVID CARL STANLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 73
From Short Hills
- JUSTIN RICE WHITING IVPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- CHARLES MARK JUDGE JRSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- WILLIAM F MULLINS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- PHILIP CRAIG BENNSecond Lieutenant · March 26, 1968
- CLAUDE JOSEPH GASPARD JRSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- WILLIAM A MAGUIRE JRPrivate First Class · September 28, 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.