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WILLIAM DAVID MENSCER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 20, 1949 – May 16, 1970
Service recordWilliam David Menscer, of Statesville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 52
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Statesville, North Carolina (Iredell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 10W, Line 52
- MICHAEL DALE DAWSONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1970
- CLYDE WESLEY LAWRENCE JRStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1970
- DAVID BYRON MAGRUDERSergeant · May 16, 1970
- JOHN ROY MARIANICorporal · May 16, 1970
From Statesville
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- JOHNIE WAYNE MCLAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · September 5, 1967
- GEORGE LAXLEY MYERSSergeant · December 12, 1967
- ELBERT HENRY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- RONALD JAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- ARDREY WATTS BARRINGER JRPrivate · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
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.