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WILLIAM DAVID CHOI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 7, 1947 – February 26, 1968
Service recordWilliam David Choi, of Watsonville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Watsonville, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; six of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Phong Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 36
- ROBERT WILSON BROWN JRCaptain · February 26, 1968
- ERNEST CHAFFINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1968
- MICHAEL COTTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER CARL ATKINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 35
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 36
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 38
- PHILLIP WARREN LUCASCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 40
- FRANK JAMES MATHEWSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 40
- GERARD MORRIS MCDONALDCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 42
- ROBERT LINTON REEVESCaptain · Panel 41E, Line 43
- SHERWOOD REYNOLDSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 43
- EDWARD JAMES TARINPrivate · Panel 41E, Line 45
- TERRY LEE VINGESpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 45
- ROBERT LEE WATTSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 46
From Watsonville
- FRANK JAMES ROSE JRSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- MELESSO GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- LOUIS CHARLES MILLERSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- GARY RALPH CARPENTERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- WARREN F NICKEL JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- JAMES EVERRETT BELLFireman · June 3, 1968
- LEONARD RAY WHITECorporal · June 13, 1968
- HILDEFONSO M RAMIREZCorporal · January 31, 1969
- RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ DELGADOLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- JOHN DEOGRACIAS INGUILLOStaff Sergeant · June 6, 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.