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WILLIAM DAVID MIZE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 23, 1944 – October 28, 1967
Service recordWilliam David Mize, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 92
- JESSIE FLOYD GREENE JRCorporal · October 28, 1967
- NICK KOKALISSpecialist Four · October 28, 1967
- JOHNNY HANS LEBOFFSergeant First Class · October 28, 1967
- CHARLES ALBERT MOYERSpecialist Four · October 28, 1967
- DONALD DALE MAKIPetty Officer Third Class · December 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DALE CARRELLSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 90
- ALVIN PIERIE RIVEREPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 93
- WILLIS JUNIOR SCHUBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 94
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
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.