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WILLIAM DANIEL WINKEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 30, 1948 – January 31, 1969
Service recordWilliam Daniel Winkel, of Webster Groves, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 30
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Webster Groves, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 30
- JACKSON DILLON BARNESWarrant Officer 1 · February 1, 1969
- MELVIN EUGENE CLAYPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
- LARRY GENE CURTISSpecialist Four · February 1, 1969
- ANTHONY MICHAEL CUSUMANOLance Corporal · February 1, 1969
From Webster Groves
- NORMAN EDWARD SNODGRASSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1965
- LAWRENCE ANDRE DIRNBERGERSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1967
- WILLIAM HAROLD WALTERSSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- JOHN MARSHALL SNYDER JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- RALPH JOSEPH LUEBBERS JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE SHEPPARDPrivate · September 20, 1968
- VICTOR JOHN CARTIERPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT HULL JRSergeant · May 17, 1969
- TIMOTHY KIM LECLAIRFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR WINFREYCorporal · August 7, 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.