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WILLIAM DANIEL EALY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 18, 1949 – September 20, 1968
Service recordWilliam Daniel Ealy, of Assumption, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 46
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Assumption, Illinois (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 46
- GARRY GEORGE GREENSergeant · September 20, 1968
- ROGER WAYNE GRUBBSSeaman · September 20, 1968
- JOHN CURTIS HARPERPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
- FELIPE HERRERALance Corporal · September 20, 1968
From Assumption
- JOSEPH STANLEY SMITHCaptain · April 4, 1971
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.