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WILLIAM DAVID LAMBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 11, 1946 – December 7, 1966
Service recordWilliam David Lambert, of Albemarle, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 19
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Albemarle, North Carolina (Stanly County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 13E, Line 19
- JOSE MUNOZCorporal · December 7, 1966
- FRANK MONROE MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · December 7, 1966
- HARRY WALTER MURRAYPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- DERALD DEAN SWIFTCaptain · December 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANK MONROE MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 19
From Albemarle
- HENRY FONZO SMITHSergeant · November 17, 1965
- HARRY LAMAR BLALOCKPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JERRY ARTHUR SNIPESPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JAMES FELIX RUMMAGECorporal · December 21, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES MASKESergeant · March 28, 1969
- RICHARD LEE SICKLESCorporal · May 12, 1969
- CURTIS RAY HARRISSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- EUGENE PAUL CLARKCorporal · August 12, 1969
- HAROLD PHILIP FESPERMANSergeant · February 14, 1970
- JOEL CLINTON HATLEYSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.