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WILLIAM DAVID SIROCCO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 28, 1948 – November 1, 1969
Service recordWilliam David Sirocco JR, of Amherst, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 15
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Amherst, Virginia (Amherst County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 15
- ROGER DALE PARTINGTONCaptain · November 1, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR ROSSSergeant First Class · November 1, 1969
- HERSHEL CLIFFORD SMITHCorporal · November 1, 1969
- CHARLES ROY TIPTONSergeant First Class · November 1, 1969
From Amherst
- DONNIE JACKSON LAWHORNESpecialist Four · August 20, 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.