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WILLIAM DEBRECE CODY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 5, 1945 – March 27, 1969
Service recordWilliam Debrece Cody, of Robinson, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 57
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Robinson, Illinois (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 57
- WAYNE MONEYMAKERTechnical Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- JERRY BAXTERWarrant Officer 1 · March 27, 1969
- WILLIAM BRENT BELLFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1969
- RENE ALDO BULLERPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- LARRY EDWARD CHRISTIEPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE ANGLINSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 56
- DIMITRIOS G ARNIOTISSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 56
- RENE ALDO BULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 57
- EVERETT T CULPPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 58
- LOUIS KRIMMIT DIXONSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 58
- JOSEPH JAMES DOBYNESSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 59
- DAVID ELWOOD FLANNERYSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 60
- LEONARD CLARENCE IVY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 60
- OSCAR GIBSON JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 61
- ALLISON WAYNE LOCKLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 61
- BOBBY JOE WALTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 64
- LESLIE WAYNE WORLSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 65
From Robinson
- GEORGE BURNS HAYSCaptain · June 13, 1967
- ARTHUR CLEON ROESLERSpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
- JAMES RAY INBODENSergeant · March 5, 1968
- ROBERT GENE MOORESpecialist Four · November 30, 1970
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.