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WILLIAM DAVID MCGIVERN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1949 – November 15, 1969
Service recordWilliam David McGivern, of San Jose, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 81
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1949
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 81
- CORDELL JOSEPH PONAKFirst Lieutenant · November 15, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD POOLECorporal · November 15, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT RANKINSpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
- RICARDO WAYNE REGALADOWarrant Officer 1 · November 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RAY ALEXPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 78
- ALLEN FREDERICK GROTZKESpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 79
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.