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WILLIAM DAVID HEADRICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1944 – June 20, 1968
Service recordWilliam David Headrick, of Smithville, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 6
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Smithville, Missouri (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 6
- DAVID THOMAS BELLCorporal · June 20, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD HARRISONCorporal · June 20, 1968
- HOWARD P HOWLAND JRSecond Lieutenant · June 20, 1968
- GERALD LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEREMIAH GREENCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 5
- THOMAS EDWARD HARRISONCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 6
- WILLIAM ROY LAPLANTE IIISpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 10
From Smithville
- JOHN LEE ALLENPrivate First Class · August 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.