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WILLIAM DAVID DORFMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 15, 1946 – March 9, 1966
Service recordWilliam David Dorfman, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 131
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 131
- WILLARD MARION COLLINSCaptain · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- EDWARD FRANCIS DUNCANLance Corporal · March 9, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 131
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 131
- PAUL E LABRECQUE JRCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 132
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · Panel 5E, Line 133
- CLARENCE EARL MCKINNISPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 133
- EUGENE FRANCIS ROBINSONFirst Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 134
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.