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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William D Sizemore.

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WILLIAM D SIZEMORE

Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army

March 13, 1933 – June 28, 1967

Service record

William D Sizemore, of Augusta, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 22E · Line 81

Position of Panel 22E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant First Class (SFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
MACV ADVISORS
Born
March 13, 1933
Home of record
Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 28, 1967
Age
34
Province
Kontum
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

31 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1967; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 22E, Line 81

From Augusta

All 49 names from Augusta →

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.