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WILLIAM D SOULE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 1, 1940 – August 21, 1967
Service recordWilliam D Soule, of Waldoboro, Maine, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 26
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 1, 1940
- Home of record
- Waldoboro, Maine (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 26
- FREDERICK HOWARD TIMSSergeant · August 21, 1967
- J FORREST GEORGE TREMBLEYLieutenant Commander · August 21, 1967
- JUAN VALENZUELACorporal · August 21, 1967
- BILLY FRANK WATSONSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
From Waldoboro
- WILLIAM CONRAD SHUMANSpecialist Four · October 7, 1968
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.