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WILLIAM D VANTASSEL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 6, 1947 – October 7, 1968
Service recordWilliam D Vantassel JR, of Scarsdale, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 27
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Scarsdale, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 27
- JAMES ROBERT SHERWOODPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- WILLIAM CONRAD SHUMANSpecialist Four · October 7, 1968
- KENNETH HOWARD SILLSCorporal · October 7, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE VANMETERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSE L MONTESCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 25
From Scarsdale
- BRIAN J CLUNEPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- EDWARD HENRY JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD DARNELLCorporal · June 9, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CRUMMMajor General · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES C WINSTON IIIMajor · August 1, 1967
- THOMAS JOLLEY DEANSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- WILLIAM GRAVELLE SCOTT JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- WALTER ALOYSIUS JOYCELance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- HOWARD RUSSELL BRUCKNERSergeant · August 18, 1969
- GOMER DAVID REESE IIICaptain · April 24, 1970
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.