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WILLIAM DENNIS BIEVER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 5, 1945 – July 19, 1967
Service recordWilliam Dennis Biever, of Bancroft, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 90
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Bancroft, South Dakota (Kingsbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 90
- MICHAEL KENNETH BOARDMANLance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- GARY WAYNE BURNETTECorporal · July 19, 1967
- DONALD PATRICK FRYEEnsign · July 19, 1967
- LAMOINE LOWELL SANDVIGStaff Sergeant · July 19, 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.