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WILLIAM DAVID NODDIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 20, 1947 – April 25, 1968
Service recordWilliam David Noddin, of Morton Grove, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Morton Grove, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 9
- RICHARD ALBERT BROOKSCorporal · April 25, 1968
- JERRY DOYNE MCMANUSCorporal · April 25, 1968
- BRUCE PAUL NETTESHEIMSergeant · April 25, 1968
- CARMINE NOVEMBRECorporal · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW PHILLIP CORBINPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 4
From Morton Grove
- THOMAS HOLT PILKINGTONLieutenant Commander · September 19, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT NOVOTNYSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- NORMAN ANTHONY MILLERMaster Sergeant · December 1, 1968
- FRANK DANIEL WALTHERSCorporal · August 1, 1969
- THOMAS CARL WIDERQUISTFirst Lieutenant · May 3, 1972
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.